The Rip Tide
by Beirut
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The Rip Tide is ranked 3rd best out of 10 albums by Beirut on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Beirut is The Flying Club Cup which is ranked number 2165 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 769.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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The Rip Tide track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Rip Tide rankings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/07/2026 07:57 | Jantje | 684 | 75/100 |
| ! | 07/03/2026 00:31 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,463 | 70/100 |
| ! | 03/18/2026 15:06 | Map | 523 | 81/100 |
| ! | 02/24/2026 11:29 | robertoveltri | 884 | 79/100 |
| ! | 02/09/2026 03:39 | eveningson | 45 | 41/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 8% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.1/100, a mean average of 74.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.6.
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This is a fantastic album. I love it! (Edited)
The best Beirut album.
Pop and easy, shiny and bitter.
bojolpif71 02/01/2015 10:51 | #133561
Excellent album , le meilleur de Beirut à mon avis.
As this band progressed they got away from their big band sound that made Gulag Orekstar so great. This album is more pop-y but still has aspects of the brass that makes them so good.
zdwyatt 10/23/2013 18:57 | #89002 | TOP COMMENT
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Many reviewers seem to think its his best album to date. I'm not there yet, but it definitely has some great moments.
I love nearly every song on here intuitively. I must say I enjoyed the conversation in the comments down there.
not as good as previous two
Reminds me very much of the great group, Fanfarlo. The first half of this album is remarkable, but the last half wades in mediocrity. Their use of horns is refreshing.
dfulfo01 02/19/2012 23:52 | #37187 | TOP COMMENT
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@gussteivi I'm not sure what you've been listening to but 'boring' is the least appropriate word to describe all those artists.
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