Black Sheep Boy (studio album)
by Okkervil River

Black Sheep Boy by Okkervil River
Year: 2005
Release date: 2005-04-05
Overall rank: 3,043rd   
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 142 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2005 (59th)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (518th)
Award Best albums of all time (3,043rd)

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Black Sheep Boy is ranked as the best album by Okkervil River.

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The New Pornographers with support from Will Sheff (of Okkervil River)
House of Blues Cleveland, Cleveland, United States. United States
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Black Sheep Boy track list

   The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Black Sheep Boy rankings

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Overall rank: 3,043rd | 2000s rank: 518th | 2005 rank: 59th

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78/100 (from 142 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.5/100, a mean average of 76.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.9.

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From 04/25/2014 10:02 | #110031
What an album, the more I listen the more I love each track.
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From 01/17/2011 14:28 | #17608
For Real is an absolutely incredible song..
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