A Bit Of Previous
by Belle And Sebastian
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Belle And Sebastian bestography
A Bit Of Previous is ranked 11th best out of 21 albums by Belle And Sebastian on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Belle And Sebastian is If You're Feeling Sinister which is ranked number 138 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 9,553.
(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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A Bit Of Previous track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
A Bit Of Previous rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 2022 | 76/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  meccalecca | Top 100 Music Albums of 2022 | 50/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  EyeKanFly | Top 100 Music Albums of 2022 | 97/100 | 0 |
| 2026 | lanis | Top 52 Music Albums of the 2020s | 31/52 | 8 |
| 2026 |  Wasinski | Top 100 Music Albums of 2022 | 89/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 99 Music Albums of 2022 | 51/99 | 2 |
| 2026 | craab | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2020s | 72/100 | 6 |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 100 Music Albums of 2022 | 74/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  HelsinkiSnorkel | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2020s | 75/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 100 Music Albums of 2022 | 26/100 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 50 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 155 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/15/2026 01:00 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,615 | 70/100 |
| ! | 03/23/2026 11:58 | Tamthebam | 23,313 | 69/100 |
| ! | 12/25/2025 14:50 | ThuramThugood | 3,034 | 67/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.1/100, a mean average of 70.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.6.
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neilgee 11/08/2024 01:12 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
BestEverAlbums 05/06/2022 12:00 in Latest Releases (w\c 2022-05-02) (week 18, 2022)A Bit Of Previous comments
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Album Rating: 78.08
(937/12)
Belle And Sebastian (ABOP - UK - SCO - May 22) - A Bit Of Previous
06.05.2022
1.Belle And Sebastian (ABOP - UK - SCO - May 22) - Young And Stupid 71
2.Belle And Sebastian (ABOP - UK - SCO - May 22) - If They’re Shooting At You 79
3.Belle And Sebastian (ABOP - UK - SCO - May 22) - Talk To Me, Talk To Me 88
4.Belle And Sebastian (ABOP - UK - SCO - May 22) - Reclaim The Night 80
5.Belle And Sebastian (ABOP - UK - SCO - May 22) - Do It For Your Country 82
6.Belle And Sebastian (ABOP - UK - SCO - May 22) - Prophets On Hold 79
7.Belle And Sebastian (ABOP - UK - SCO - May 22) - Unnecessary Drama 75
8.Belle And Sebastian (ABOP - UK - SCO - May 22) - Come On Home 75
9.Belle And Sebastian (ABOP - UK - SCO - May 22) - A World Without You 78
10.Belle And Sebastian (ABOP - UK - SCO - May 22) - Deathbed Of My Dreams 73
11.Belle And Sebastian (ABOP - UK - SCO - May 22) - Sea Of Sorrow 83
12.Belle And Sebastian (ABOP - UK - SCO - May 22) - Working Boy In New York City 74
Ranked in order of preference:
* Belle And Sebastian (ABOP - UK - SCO - May 22) - Talk To Me, Talk To Me 88
* Belle And Sebastian (ABOP - UK - SCO - May 22) - Sea Of Sorrow 83
* Belle And Sebastian (ABOP - UK - SCO - May 22) - Do It For Your Country 82
* Belle And Sebastian (ABOP - UK - SCO - May 22) - Reclaim The Night 80
* Belle And Sebastian (ABOP - UK - SCO - May 22) - If They’re Shooting At You 79
* Belle And Sebastian (ABOP - UK - SCO - May 22) - Prophets On Hold 79
* Belle And Sebastian (ABOP - UK - SCO - May 22) - A World Without You 78
* Belle And Sebastian (ABOP - UK - SCO - May 22) - Unnecessary Drama 75
* Belle And Sebastian (ABOP - UK - SCO - May 22) - Come On Home 75
* Belle And Sebastian (ABOP - UK - SCO - May 22) - Working Boy In New York City 74
* Belle And Sebastian (ABOP - UK - SCO - May 22) - Deathbed Of My Dreams 73
* Belle And Sebastian (ABOP - UK - SCO - May 22) - Young And Stupid 71 (Edited)
Brad1770 09/20/2022 12:28 | #289818 | TOP COMMENT
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Here on tenth album into a stellar career I’m happy to report that Stuart Murdoch STILL gets it with his magic ability to write the perfect three minute pop ditty with perfect hooks and melody. Mr Murdoch you are a genius my friend
On ‘A Bit of Previous’, Belle and Sebastian deliver a collection of expensive sounding and well written songs, providing plenty of variety in terms of genre and subject matter, if being a little middle of the road at times.
Arthurknight 05/20/2022 00:16 | #285543 | TOP COMMENT
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A perfectly tolerable album that I will be unlikely to return to again soon, but isn't by any stretch particularly unpleasant (perhaps this in part leads to it's general innocuous boringness).
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