How To Save A Life (studio album) by The Fray

How To Save A Life by The Fray
Year: 2005
Release date: 2005-09-13
Overall rank: 5,468th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
63/100 (from 95 votes)
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Award Top albums of 2005 (101st)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (953rd)
Award Best albums of all time (5,468th)
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How To Save A Life track list

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Rating: 78 (18 votes)Comments: 0
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Average Rating: 
63/100 (from 95 votes)
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01/04/2025 12:35 fabm0  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 6,47259/100
 
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 62.9/100, a mean average of 61.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 61.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 21.6.

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75/100
From 12/04/2020 18:46
People hate on it way too mch
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From 12/23/2014 14:09
Agree that the album is stronger up to Look After You but the strong tracks are VERY good
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From 07/27/2014 21:33
It starts off great and then declines a lot, the last tracks are barely even passable. But the first ones are great, How to Save a Life is fantastic, and songs like She Is, Over My Head, Heaven Forbid, Fall Away, are all worth a listen
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From 07/31/2012 16:09
People give it too much of a hard time because it was a very pop album at the time. I gave it a chance and was satisfied with most tracks.
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