Coles Corner
by Richard Hawley

Coles Corner by Richard Hawley
Year: 2005
Release date: 2005-09-05
Overall rank: 3,142nd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 116 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2005 (61st)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (531st)
Award Best albums of all time (3,142nd)

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

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Overall rank: 3,142nd | 2000s rank: 531st | 2005 rank: 61st

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Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 116 votes)
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4 days ago Jakor  Ratings distribution  5,18468/100
 
75/100
 
02/28/2026 00:21 DaveH68  Ratings distribution  1,36376/100
 
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08/24/2025 01:39 Taka  Ratings distribution  1,06380/100
 
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08/01/2025 09:51 Juneof44  Ratings distribution  2,58469/100
 
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06/15/2025 20:38 cicadelic  Ratings distribution  12,10973/100

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This album is rated in the top 7% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.3/100, a mean average of 74.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.7.

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75/100
From 02/04/2022 17:16 | #280724
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 06/05/2020 01:55 | #252860
Beautiful.
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From 07/19/2019 20:25 | #239878
Favorite Tracks:Born Under A Bad Sign
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From 06/14/2016 00:15 | #168644
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.
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85/100
From 05/12/2014 08:53 | #111583
A cracking album!! must listen. Favourite track is "tonight"
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