It's Never Been Like That
by Phoenix
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Phoenix bestography
It's Never Been Like That is ranked 3rd best out of 9 albums by Phoenix on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Phoenix is Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix which is ranked number 444 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,775.
(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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It's Never Been Like That track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
It's Never Been Like That rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 7 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  ERadio | Top 50 Music Albums of 2006 | 29/50 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Hayden | Top 70 Music Albums of 2006 | 20/70 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Norman Bates | Top 100 Music Albums of 2006 | 79/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 45 Music Albums of 2006 | 37/45 | 1 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Albumrock.net Albums national 2006 | 7/10 | - |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 2006 | 67/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | Kettwig | Top 25 Music Albums of 2006 | 13/25 | 3 |
| 2026 | Juneof44 | Top 50 Music Albums of 2006 | 21/50 | 3 |
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2006 | 58/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  covecove | Top 100 Music Albums of 2006 | 40/100 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 130 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 395 | |||
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It's Never Been Like That ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 10/17/2026 23:56 | dhbarrett | 8,882 | 65/100 |
| ! | 10/12/2026 05:17 | covecove | 6,737 | 74/100 |
| ! | 06/05/2026 02:34 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,486 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 12% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.3/100, a mean average of 73.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.8.
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It's Never Been Like That forum mentions
dihansse 03/06/2018 19:27 in My discoveries per year
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It's Never Been Like That comments
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meccalecca TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/18/2013 20:01 | #81907 | TOP COMMENT
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One of the best pop records of the early 21st century.
meccalecca TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/21/2014 18:47 | #112497 | TOP COMMENT
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He was such a ball of energy that any time he entered a room he lit it up as bright as the sun, no matter what the situation.
shoopadoowop 02/01/2015 21:11 | #133643 | TOP COMMENT
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Very consistent, and pretty much no filler as far as I can tell. I'd say this is on par with Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix.
I'm in love.
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