Closer (studio album)
by Better Than Ezra
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Better Than Ezra bestography
Closer is ranked 4th best out of 12 albums by Better Than Ezra on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Better Than Ezra is Friction, Baby which is ranked number 7401 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 169.
(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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Closer track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Closer rankings
All 8 charts that this album appears in:
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 |  paladisiac | top albums, #0401-0500* | 9/78 | - |
| 2025 |  Milhaud | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 56/100 | 9 |
| 2024 | paladisiac | Top 100 Music Albums of 2001 | 8/100 | 5 |
| 2023 | paladisiac | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 74/100 | 5 |
| 2020 | paladisiac | !You've Been Caught Sleeping! (p01) | 30/100 | - |
| 2015 | ReelBigToph | Top 100 Music Albums of 2001 | 63/100 | 2 |
| 2013 |  electraburn | Top 82 Greatest Music Albums | 42/82 | - |
| 2013 |  lightmyway | 20 Worst Albums of the 2000s | 14/20 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 8 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 21 | |||
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Closer collection
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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80/100  | 07/10/2025 12:00 | Milhaud | | 69/100 |
60/100 | 11/10/2024 01:35 | dhbarrett | | 65/100 |
75/100 | 06/18/2019 12:28 |  videoheadcleaner | | 85/100 |
90/100 | 04/18/2019 17:26 |  TheDude85 | | 83/100 |
65/100 | 01/16/2019 22:25 | Pluto11 | | 72/100 |
Rating metrics:
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album has a Bayesian average rating of 69.9/100, a mean average of 67.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 67.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 21.7.
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paladisiac 06/09/2017 18:52
Better Than Ezra follow-up their stylistically adventurous "How Does Your Garden Grow?" with a little less adventure and chance but with just as many hooks. "A Lifetime", a song about remembering a dead friend, is one of their best. Orchestral flourishes of their previous album are replaced with more standard compositions, with the occasional record scratch.
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