Based On A True Story (studio album)
by Fat Freddy's Drop

Based On A True Story by Fat Freddy's Drop
Year: 2005
Release date: 2005-07-01
Overall rank: 14,594th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 22 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2005 (272nd)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (2,668th)
Award Best albums of all time (14,594th)

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Based On A True Story is ranked as the best album by Fat Freddy's Drop.

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Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 22 votes)
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05/25/2025 11:33 RemainInLight  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 3,09536/100
 
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This album is rated in the top 11% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.6/100, a mean average of 72.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.7.

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95/100
From 05/16/2020 06:29
They're never in a hurry with their songs, so if you've only a 2 or 3 minute attention span then you're playing the wrong album. If you're happy to hear something developing, changing, subtle sounds and changes, infused with a cool high-tech soul-dub south-pacific reggae-soul sound then you're onto a winner. fat Freddy are absolutely awesome live, somehow just always get the audience going in a cool grove and band happily takes a good 10 or 15 minutes on a track!
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This album is original and catchy.
For people who like to relax this is the perfect music, it is an intergration of jazz, soul, pop, dub and roots creating an unique and brilliant that everyone will love.
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