The House That Dirt Built
by The Heavy

The House That Dirt Built by The Heavy
Year: 2009
Release date: 2009-10-05
Overall rank: 22,029th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 29 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2009 (436th)
Award Top albums of of the 2000s (4,040th)
Award Best albums of all time (22,029th)

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Overall rank: 22,029th | 2000s rank: 4,040th | 2009 rank: 436th  Overall chart history
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Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 29 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 12% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.4/100, a mean average of 73.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.1.


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From 08/14/2026 17:19 | #315680
This band should be more well-known - a fairly unique sound - there are a couple of famous tracks that are used regularly in promo videos etc. The highs are really good but there's a few skips on there. No Time is my favourite, it's great. Also Short Change Hero and How You Like Me Now.
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From 02/27/2019 01:56 | #232707
I actually had heard these guys on Pandora a while ago around the time when Borderlands 2 was making them popular. "Short Change Hero" and "How You Like Me Now" are the two most popular tracks and probably two of the best. Solid album overall.
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