Between The Times And The Tides
by Lee Ranaldo
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Between The Times And The Tides is ranked as the best album by Lee Ranaldo.
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Between The Times And The Tides track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Between The Times And The Tides 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 |  Wasinski | Top 96 Music Albums of 2012 | 30/96 | 3 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 100 Music Albums of 2012 | 26/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Pinkushion Cuvée 2012, les albums de l’année | 15/15 | - |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 63/100 | 8 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Glide Our Top Albums of 2012 | 14/51 | - |
| 2025 | cicadelic | Robert Christgau: Dean's List 2012 | 12/97 | - |
| 2025 | AlienCinema | Top 95 Music Albums of 2012 | 29/95 | 4 |
| 2025 | dihansse | Top 62 Music Albums of 2012 | 4/62 | 5 |
| 2024 | dihansse | My Overall Top 1000: 401-500 | 41/100 | - |
| 2024 |  meccalecca | Top 100 Music Albums of 2012 | 81/100 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 21 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 46 | |||
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Between The Times And The Tides ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 03/13/2026 22:58 | Skerns | 5,219 | 80/100 |
| ! | 12/11/2023 00:16 |  sssvnnn | 8,491 | 67/100 |
| ! | 12/05/2023 22:45 | VVNVR | 674 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 22% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.7/100, a mean average of 74.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 8.5.
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dihansse 06/03/2021 19:41 in My discoveries per yearBetween The Times And The Tides comments
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dihansse 06/03/2021 20:23 | #270344
On this album you can feel that next to Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore, also Lee Ranaldo was an important contributor to the Sonic Youth sound. The first track could even have been a track of one of the better SY albums. The next tracks are much calmer than what he did in his former band but to me this is just fine because it all works: good songs, good guitar work and I really like the way he delivers his songs.
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