Adventures In Your Own Backyard
by Patrick Watson
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Patrick Watson bestography
Adventures In Your Own Backyard is ranked 2nd best out of 8 albums by Patrick Watson on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Patrick Watson is Close To Paradise which is ranked number 7394 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 174.
(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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Adventures In Your Own Backyard track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Adventures In Your Own Backyard rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | bonnequestion | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 54/100 | 9 |
| 2026 | bonnequestion | Best albums from '05 to '14 | 49/100 | - |
| 2026 | bonnequestion | Top 23 Music Albums of 2012 | 7/23 | 4 |
| 2026 | bonnequestion | Best Canadian Albums | 46/100 | - |
| 2026 | martintho | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 68/100 | 7 |
| 2026 | martintho | Top 100 Music Albums of 2012 | 21/100 | 4 |
| 2025 | cicadelic | NPR's 50 Favorite Albums of 2012 | 39/49 | - |
| 2022 | gussteivi | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 85/100 | 3 |
| 2022 | LosWochos | Top 100 Music Albums of 2012 | 85/100 | 1 |
| 2021 |  ghosttomost | Top 60 Music Albums of 2012 | 41/60 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 34 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 82 | |||
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Adventures In Your Own Backyard ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 01/24/2026 17:50 | Johnnyo | 9,836 | 77/100 |
| ! | 12/07/2025 16:17 | Araldo | 1,472 | 80/100 |
| ! | 12/13/2023 04:54 | bonnequestion | 1,697 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 13% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.3/100, a mean average of 73.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.9.
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Lovely album (Edited)
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