Middle Brother
by Middle Brother
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Middle Brother track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Middle Brother rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | cicadelic | Glide Our Top Albums of 2011 | 11/50 | - |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | 21st century top albums 001-100 | 25/100 | - |
| 2026 | paladisiac | #1 albums per year since 1960 | 52/66 | - |
| 2025 | paladisiac | Top 100 Music Albums of 2011 | 1/100 | 5 |
| 2024 | cicadelic | Robert Cristgau: Dean's List 2011 | 84/100 | - |
| 2023 | paladisiac | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 91/100 | 6 |
| 2023 | paladisiac | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 7/100 | 19 |
| 2023 | paladisiac | my top 100 on 2017/04/27 | 78/100 | - |
| 2020 |  samistake2ice | Top 60 Music Albums of 2011 | 11/60 | 4 |
| 2020 | samistake2ice | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 84/100 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 22 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 44 | |||
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Middle Brother ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 12/07/2025 20:50 | Araldo | 1,472 | 80/100 |
| ! | 10/23/2025 02:23 | dhbarrett | 8,754 | 65/100 |
| ! | 01/04/2021 12:43 | LosWochos | 47,669 | 75/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 9% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.9/100, a mean average of 76.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.4.
Forum mentions
paladisiac 11/08/2016 20:47 in What album are you listening to right now? paladisiac 12/23/2014 23:11 in Post Your Top Ten of the 2010 paladisiac 02/12/2014 18:40 in What album are you listening to right now?Middle Brother comments
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paladisiac 12/16/2011 16:26 | #33127
This album reminds me of a less-stylishly-lavished monsters of folk album, but its understated scope and delivery underlines its touching appeal. Also, like monsters of folk, this "supergroup" is made up of lead members of other bands, although since the most "popular" is deer tick, i think "semi-supergroup" might be more appropriate. Regardless, many of these songs are quite affecting.
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