Closer
by Better Than Ezra
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Better Than Ezra bestography
Closer is ranked 4th best out of 13 albums by Better Than Ezra on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Better Than Ezra is Friction, Baby which is ranked number 7206 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 180.
(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).
Closer rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  paladisiac | 21st century top albums 101-200 | 10/100 | - |
| 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. | 9 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 21 | |||
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Closer ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/26/2026 05:23 | PapaShiz86 | 11,668 | 79/100 |
| ! | 07/10/2025 12:00 | Milhaud | 2,149 | 71/100 |
| ! | 11/10/2024 01:35 | dhbarrett | 8,677 | 65/100 |
| ! | 06/18/2019 12:28 |  videoheadcleaner | 12,361 | 85/100 |
| ! | 04/18/2019 17:26 |  TheDude85 | 9,536 | 83/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 69.8/100, a mean average of 67.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 67.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 20.7.
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paladisiac 06/09/2017 18:52 | #192302
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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