Down In The Weeds, Where The World Once Was
by Bright Eyes

Down In The Weeds, Where The World Once Was by Bright Eyes
Year: 2020
Release date: 2020-08-21
Overall rank: 5,313th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 85 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2020 (77th)
Award Top albums of of the 2020s (379th)
Award Best albums of all time (5,313th)

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Bright Eyes bestography

Down In The Weeds, Where The World Once Was is ranked 6th best out of 17 albums by Bright Eyes on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Bright Eyes is I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning which is ranked number 416 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,994.

Bright Eyes album bestography « Higher ranked (4,804th)
Fevers And Mirrors
This album (5,313th)
Down In The Weeds, Where The World Once Was
Lower ranked (7,621st) »
The People's Key

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Down In The Weeds, Where The World Once Was track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Down In The Weeds, Where The World Once Was rankings

Down In The Weeds, Where The World Once Was rankings summary
Overall rank: 5,313th | 2020s rank: 379th | 2020 rank: 77th  Overall chart history
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 5 hours ago).
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2026 PurplepashRanked listening log 2020 101-2009/100 -
2026 PanheadWarriorTop 100 Music Albums of the 2020s70/1006
2026LittleM1971Top 100 Music Albums of 202060/1002
2026 RhynerTop 22 Music Albums of the 2020s9/2213
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2026 PurplepashYa joking? Should've been higher! 2020 edition32/100 -
2026 meccaleccaTop 100 Music Albums of 202076/1001
2026 HelsinkiSnorkelTop 100 Music Albums of the 2020s2/10020
2026Drbassexpert24Top 95 Music Albums of the 2020s86/952
2026 zags7000Top 100 Music Albums of 202080/1001
2026 dihansseTop 100 Music Albums of 202055/1002
2026 paladisiac2020s, 65rating (64), #001-100*50/77 -
2026TimooosterinkTop 83 Music Albums of the 2020s30/8313
2026 imacgillTop 100 Music Albums of 202067/1002
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2026mutantTop 49 Music Albums of the 2020s30/498
2026 ExTeaSeaTop 100 Music Albums of 202047/1003
2026 sssvnnnTop 80 Music Albums of the 2020s60/805
2025Juneof44Top 50 Music Albums of 202025/503
2025 ammf3Top 49 Music Albums of 202028/492
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 85
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 260
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Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 85 votes)
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07/18/2026 13:41 DommeDamian  Ratings distribution  7,49749/100
 
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02/26/2026 16:46 mattkwyatt  Ratings distribution  7585/100
 
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02/20/2026 15:23 PanheadWarrior  Ratings distribution  1,63872/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.6/100, a mean average of 72.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.1.


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80/100
I’m struggling to understand why this album was so poorly received, sure it’s no “I’m Wide Awake” and there a couple of duds in the track list but it’s still a very strong work. Songs like Dance and Sing, Mariana Trench, Pan and Broom, Persona Non Grata, Tilt-a-Whirl, and To Death's Heart rank as some of my favorite songs Bright Eyes has ever released. I think this album should rank similarly to LIFTED.
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75/100
Nice weirdness to this. Elements of Dylan. Can't say I loved it but it held my attention.
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65/100
An album featuring Conor Oberst that is good and Phoebe Bridges doesn’t appear is something of a rarity these days but here it is
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