The Doctor Came At Dawn
by Smog
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The Doctor Came At Dawn is ranked 11th best out of 28 albums by Bill Callahan on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Bill Callahan is Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle which is ranked number 1936 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 879.
(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 Doctor Came At Dawn track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Doctor Came At Dawn rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Top 70 Music Albums of 1996 | 42/70 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Hayden | Top 50 Music Albums of 1996 | 5/50 | 5 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 100 Music Albums of 1996 | 61/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 68 Music Albums of 1996 | 28/68 | 3 |
| 2026 | cronadigallina | Top 100 Music Albums of 1996 | 88/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | AAL2014 | Smog/Bill Callahan: So Far.. | 3/7 | - |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 90 Music Albums of 1996 | 72/90 | 1 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 100 Music Albums of 1996 | 43/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Top 54 Music Albums of 1996 | 30/54 | 2 |
| 2026 | pjerske | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 51/100 | 10 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 45 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 161 | |||
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The Doctor Came At Dawn ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/14/2026 10:01 | RemainInLight | 3,827 | 36/100 |
| ! | 06/02/2026 09:36 | cicadelic | 14,213 | 73/100 |
| ! | 05/26/2026 20:55 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,315 | 70/100 |
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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 74.7/100, a mean average of 73.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.3.
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The Doctor Came At Dawn forum mentions
Purplepash 03/08/2020 10:23 in You must listen to the album below you: canon edition
Repo 06/08/2017 12:02 in Which artist do you think has the MOST great albums?The Doctor Came At Dawn comments
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