The Odd Couple
by Gnarls Barkley
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Gnarls Barkley bestography
The Odd Couple is ranked 2nd best out of 4 albums by Gnarls Barkley on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Gnarls Barkley is St. Elsewhere which is ranked number 2065 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 808.
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The Odd Couple track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Odd Couple rankings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/10/2026 21:47 |  EyeKanFly | 8,848 | 65/100 |
| ! | 06/10/2026 14:34 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,428 | 70/100 |
| ! | 05/12/2026 16:46 | Jakor | 5,474 | 70/100 |
| ! | 12/07/2025 16:33 | Araldo | 1,472 | 80/100 |
| ! | 09/25/2025 14:58 | TonySayers61 | 25,191 | 64/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.9/100, a mean average of 71.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.3.
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ExTeaSea 05/05/2021 02:00 | #269366 | TOP COMMENT
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I don't understand why this album isn't rated very highly. Wasn't this kind of a big deal that year? Either way I love it! Who's Gonna Save My Soul is a wonderful and dark tune, Blind Mary always stuck out to me and my wife. Great stuff.
Cee-Lo Green really let's his vocal skills shine here and that pretty much saves the album. I'm a fan of Danger Mouse but overall the production here is pretty tame and it's an album I rarely come back to listening. It's probably best they've gone they're separate ways.
A great album that was pretty much ignored by the public. A more innovative, thoughtful and less commercial record than their previous one. I think it's really good and it's a shame it's overshadowed by "St. Elsewhere".
Mercury 12/25/2012 19:01 | #58896 | TOP COMMENT
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This album is laughably ignored and underrated in my opinion. It's better on every level than "St. Elsewhere" except it has no big hit like that album did. But it ably covers so much musical and emotional ground. The sad and mournful "Who's Gonna Save my soul" to the sample heavy dance of "Charity Case" to the manic hip hop insanity of "Would Be Killer" to the epic rock pop of "Run" and "Going On" to the playful, naive romance of "Blind Mary" ... Oh my god! In writing this I just changed my mind! This is a 9 as far as I am concerned! Definitely recommend. It's my number 1 of 2008.
ShaneSpear 07/15/2011 17:29 | #24476 | TOP COMMENT
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If St. Elsewhere was held together by Danger Mouse's beats, then this is where Cee-Lo picks up the ball and runs with it. He's as good as he has ever sounded on this album, and Cee-Lo ends up turning what might have ended up being just another hip-hop album into a soul album. Who's Gonna Save My Soul, Going On, Open Book, Surprise, Blind Mary, and Neighbors are all individual home runs for Green. Some of the deepest tracks I've ever heard him run down, and it's not like he doesn't already have a full resume. Not to say that Danger didn't bring it either. He somehow managed to sample himself during Going On, and the beats for the hit single Run and opener Charity Case are sick. It astounds me how apathetic the general public was to this album. Probably only behind The Raconteurs' Consolers of the Lonely for the best of 2008.
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