The Recordings Of The Middle East
by The Middle East

The Recordings Of The Middle East by The Middle East
Year: 2008
Release date: 2008-04-24
Overall rank: 7,871st   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 13 votes)
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Award Top albums of 2008 (124th)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (1,368th)
Award Best albums of all time (7,871st)

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Overall rank: 7,871st | 2000s rank: 1,368th | 2008 rank: 124th
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2026Exist-en-cielTop 20 Music Albums of 200819/201
2026tyleraeppsTop 100 Greatest Music Albums68/10033
2025ImaybeparanoidTop 99 Music Albums of 200884/991
2025 flamingyesdeptBest Album For Every Year51/68 -
2025tyleraeppsTop 11 Music Albums of 20086/113
2025 TaricTop 100 Greatest Music Albums22/10076
2025tyleraeppsTop 84 Music Albums of the 2000s25/8414
2025 flamingyesdeptTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s63/1008
2025juanr1096Top 100 Music Albums of 200828/1004
2024 Brad1770Top 5 Music Albums of 20082/54
2024 flamingyesdeptTop 16 Music Albums of 20084/164
2022 flamingyesdeptHonourable Mentions: 201-30025/91 -
2022NickyTBlizzadTop 32 Music Albums of 20088/324
2020 TaricTop 39 Music Albums of 20081/395
2018 bertranduTop 100 Music Albums of 200890/1001
2018 StrangelTop 20 Music Albums of 20088/203
2017 bertranduBest Indie Folk Albums of the 2000s62/100 -
2017 flamingyesdeptUnderappreciated and Overlooked75/100 -
2015MeeTop 65 Greatest Music Albums23/65 -
2013wolfmanTop 40 Greatest Music Albums23/40 -
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 20
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 159
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75/100 (from 13 votes)
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11/29/2025 05:16 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  8,13370/100
 
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09/28/2025 09:18 TonySayers61  Ratings distribution  23,93164/100
 
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02/18/2023 11:11 Moondance  Ratings distribution  20,23072/100
 
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06/08/2022 03:20 NickyTBlizzad  Ratings distribution  2,04753/100

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This album is rated in the top 11% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.7/100, a mean average of 76.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.4.

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From 08/01/2016 20:58 | #172096
Really wonderful post-rock/folk record from a band that seemed to sprout up from nowhere and then disappear just as suddenly
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