Open Season
by British Sea Power
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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 3829 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 387.
(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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Open Season track list
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
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 99 Music Albums of 2005 | 18/99 | 4 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 47/100 | 11 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 2005 | 96/100 | 0 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 93 Music Albums of 2005 | 8/93 | 5 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Glide’s Best Albums of 2005 | 23/40 | - |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Greatest Music Albums: 301-400 | 36/100 | - |
| 2026 | shanelovesyou1111 | Top 97 Music Albums of 2005 | 86/97 | 1 |
| 2025 |  johnner | Top 70 Music Albums of the 2000s | 27/70 | 13 |
| 2025 |  bojolpif71 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2005 | 50/100 | 3 |
| 2025 | mostlymor | Top 100 Music Albums of 2005 | 16/100 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 40 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 127 | |||
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Open Season ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 03/28/2026 17:09 | PapaShiz86 | 11,740 | 79/100 |
| ! | 02/03/2026 11:06 | Leginlists | 3,842 | 83/100 |
| ! | 08/31/2025 10:35 | TonySayers61 | 25,722 | 64/100 |
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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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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
Secondsoul 01/13/2013 20:55 | #61397 | TOP COMMENT
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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!
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.
johnner TOP 100 COMMENTER 08/11/2012 16:12 | #48278
Best Track: Be Gone.
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