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: 5,508th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 68 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2008 (80th)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (951st)
Award Best albums of all time (5,508th)

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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 3338 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 447.

Earth album bestography « Higher ranked (3,338th)
Earth 2: Special Low-Frequency Version
This album (5,508th)
The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull
Lower ranked (11,038th) »
Hex; Or Printing In The Infernal Method

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The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 5,508th | 2000s rank: 951st | 2008 rank: 80th
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2026 videoheadcleanerTop 100 Music Albums of 200823/1004
2026VanillaBeanTop 32 Music Albums of 200826/321
2026cicadelicTop 91 Music Albums of 20087/915
2026 RockyRaccoonTop 53 Music Albums of 200817/533
2026cicadelicThe Rock Blogger Best Albums 200830/48 -
2026 PurplepashTop 42 Music Albums of 200828/422
2025pjerskeTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s34/10013
2025Steppenwolf666Top 99 Music Albums of 200852/992
2025 TheHolyKiwiTop 49 Music Albums of 200816/493
2025ChadMilesTop 100 Greatest Music Albums40/10056
2025ImaybeparanoidTop 99 Music Albums of 200893/990
2024 EyeKanFlyAM Bubbling Under 2000s 0682/100 -
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
2023 danielmuller1990Top 77 Music Albums of the 2000s61/774
2023pjr428Top 40 Music Albums of 200821/403
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 68
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 246
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Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 68 votes)
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02/17/2026 08:45 CellarDoor  Ratings distribution  8,36479/100
 
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01/26/2026 12:02 Leginlists  Ratings distribution  3,12383/100
 
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07/02/2025 19:32 Svelte8  Ratings distribution  1,77673/100
 
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02/06/2025 09:17 Purplepash  Ratings distribution  4,80375/100

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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 78.7/100, a mean average of 79.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.5.

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From 07/26/2017 14:46 | #194933
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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