The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull
by Earth

The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull by Earth
Year: 2008
Release date: 2008-02-26
Overall rank: 5,599th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 69 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2008 (83rd)
Award Top albums of of the 2000s (967th)
Award Best albums of all time (5,599th)

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Earth bestography

The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull is ranked 2nd best out of 16 albums by Earth on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Earth is Earth 2: Special Low-Frequency Version which is ranked number 3386 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 445.

Earth album bestography « Higher ranked (3,386th)
Earth 2: Special Low-Frequency Version
This album (5,599th)
The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull
Lower ranked (11,174th) »
Hex; Or Printing In The Infernal Method

(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 Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 5,599th | 2000s rank: 967th | 2008 rank: 83rd
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2026 ssteveTop 43 Music Albums of 200837/431
2026ChadMilesTop 99 Greatest Music Albums44/9956
2026JohnnyoAlbums of the year 2008 by Silent Ballet9/50 -
2026 PurplepashTop 44 Music Albums of 200828/442
2026cicadelicThe Rock Blogger Best Albums 200830/48 -
2026cicadelicTop 99 Music Albums of 20088/995
2026VanillaBeanTop 32 Music Albums of 200826/321
2026 videoheadcleanerTop 100 Music Albums of 200823/1004
2026 RockyRaccoonTop 53 Music Albums of 200817/533
2026pjerskeTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s35/10013
2025ImaybeparanoidTop 99 Music Albums of 200893/990
2025Steppenwolf666Top 99 Music Albums of 200852/992
2025 TheHolyKiwiTop 49 Music Albums of 200816/493
2024JohnnyoU R C magazine greatest albums of 2000’s (201 - 300)34/100 -
2024 GlitterboiiiTop 50 Music Albums of 200811/504
2024TheKingTop 75 Music Albums of 200871/750
2024 RepoTop 32 Music Albums of 20088/324
2024cicadelicLast Blog On Earth Best Albums 20087/50 -
2024 ArthurknightTop 100 Music Albums of 200823/1004
2024 EyeKanFlyAM Bubbling Under 2000s 0682/100 -
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 70
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 244
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The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull ratings

Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 69 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.2/100, a mean average of 78.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.3.

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I saw Earth live at the release of 2014's Primitive and Dealy. When they played a song from The Bees Made Honey in the Lion's Skull (the title track iirc), Dylan Carlson introduced it: "This is a song off our most popular album...though still not a hit. It was also our most popular with the ladies...though still not a hit." It was heavy.
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