A River Ain't Too Much To Love (studio album)
by Smog

A River Ain't Too Much To Love by Smog
Year: 2005
Release date: 2005-05-30
Overall rank: 4,378th   
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 45 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2005 (77th)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (755th)
Award Best albums of all time (4,378th)

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Smog bestography

A River Ain't Too Much To Love is ranked 5th best out of 26 albums by Bill Callahan on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Bill Callahan is Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle which is ranked number 1966 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 842.

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A River Ain't Too Much To Love
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A River Ain't Too Much To Love rankings

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Overall rank: 4,378th | 2000s rank: 755th | 2005 rank: 77th

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77/100 (from 45 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.6/100, a mean average of 76.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.9.

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From 05/01/2015 19:14 | #140648
One of the best record ever. Straight, dry, just the nylon guitar of Bill and the drums of Jim White.
So sad not to see in the best 100 ever.
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