Open Season
by British Sea Power

Open Season by British Sea Power
Year: 2005
Release date: 2005-03-30
Overall rank: 9,808th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 38 votes)
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Award Top albums of 2005 (181st)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (1,700th)
Award Best albums of all time (9,808th)

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British Sea Power bestography

Open Season is ranked 3rd best out of 14 albums by Sea Power on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Sea Power is The Decline Of British Sea Power which is ranked number 3808 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 389.

British Sea Power album bestography « Higher ranked (9,808th)
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Open Season
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Open Season track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Open Season rankings

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Overall rank: 9,808th | 2000s rank: 1,700th | 2005 rank: 181st

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Open Season ratings

Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 38 votes)
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03/28/2026 17:09 PapaShiz86  Ratings distribution  11,31279/100
 
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02/03/2026 11:06 Leginlists  Ratings distribution  3,40483/100
 
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This album is rated in the top 6% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.6/100, a mean average of 74.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.0.

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80/100
From 07/08/2015 17:51 | #145338
I heard Oh Larsen B, liked it, and decided to check out this album. What an excellent decision that was, Open Season is great and way better than I expected. Definitely less punk than the other BSP albums, but full of great songs that make it my favorite and without many "bad" songs (not too fond of North Hanging Rock or True Adventures, but they aren't bad)

One of the most underrated albums I've seen in this site

Best songs: Oh Larsen B, It Ended on an Oily Stage, Please Stand Up, Like a Honeycomb
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From 02/13/2013 01:33 | #64908
The band I never got around to listening to! If the rest of the album is as good as 'It Ended On An Oily Stage' then it will be fantastic! Had that one on single. The guitar sound is so basic but works fine.
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From 01/13/2013 20:55 | #61397
My favourite BSP album. Consistently good album with no bad tracks."North Hanging Rock" is just fantastic. After a few listens that track will start to eat into your brain!
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From 08/11/2012 16:12 | #48278
Best Track: Be Gone.
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