The Great Eastern
by The Delgados

The Great Eastern by The Delgados
Year: 2000
Release date: 2000-04-17
Overall rank: 7,278th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 57 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2000 (127th)
Award Top albums of of the 2000s (1,259th)
Award Best albums of all time (7,278th)

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The Delgados bestography

The Great Eastern is ranked 2nd best out of 6 albums by The Delgados on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by The Delgados is Hate which is ranked number 5183 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 269.

The Delgados album bestography « Higher ranked (5,183rd)
Hate
This album (7,278th)
The Great Eastern
Lower ranked (19,442nd) »
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The Great Eastern rankings summary
Overall rank: 7,278th | 2000s rank: 1,259th | 2000 rank: 127th  Overall chart history
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The Great Eastern ratings

Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 57 votes)
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.7/100, a mean average of 71.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.4.


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Shortlisted for album of the year at the 2000 Mercury Music Prize. The winner was The Hour Of Bewilderbeast by Badly Drawn Boy (Edited)
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From 05/04/2015 23:19 | #140865
Sorry, but I don't see the charm. The vocalists sound disinterested, as they were rehearsing rather than performing. (Edited)
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From 04/20/2011 22:01 | #20546
I like this!
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90/100
From 04/19/2011 12:27 | #20517
fav song: 'The past that suits you"
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Possibly the best album of the 00's (Edited)
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