Coles Corner
by Richard Hawley

Album
Coles Corner by Richard Hawley
Year: 2005
Release date: 2005-09-05
Overall rank: 3,196th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 119 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2005 (61st)
Award Top albums of of the 2000s (538th)
Award Best albums of all time (3,196th)

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Coles Corner is ranked as the best album by Richard Hawley.

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Overall rank: 3,196th | 2000s rank: 538th | 2005 rank: 61st  Overall chart history
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75/100 (from 119 votes)
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From neilgee 11/24/2025 15:02 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
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From dihansse 07/31/2023 19:31 in My discoveries per year
“These are the two albums of 2005 I listened to: First an album I already own and of which there is a track I haven't heard in many years: And that track is Wading Through The Waters Of Time and I would add: not reaching the other side: not an interesting track. In a way I don't really understand…”
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From 06/14/2016 00:15 | #168644 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Richard Hawley's finest album. Coles corner, is a beautifully romantic record full of lovely songs from one of Britain's best artists of the last 20 years. There are some sublime songs here in, just like the rain, the ocean, and, born under a bad sign. Hawley writes in a classic style, a kind of mix of Frank Sinatra and Johnny Cash. Marvelous stuff. (Edited)
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75/100
From 02/04/2022 17:16 | #280724 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
A full album with crooner songs with little variation sonically and in tempo modes gets boring after 7 songs.
Beautiful and moody songs are well made and constructed, but a tad samey in vibes and tones.
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From 05/12/2014 08:53 | #111583 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
A cracking album!! must listen. Favourite track is "tonight"
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From 06/05/2020 01:55 | #252860 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Beautiful.
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Favorite Tracks:Born Under A Bad Sign (Edited)
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