Sable, Fable
by Bon Iver

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Sable, Fable by Bon Iver
Year: 2025
Release date: 2025-04-11
Overall rank: 2,250th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 171 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 5 albums of 2025 (5th)
Award Top albums of of the 2020s (123rd)
Award Best albums of all time (2,250th)

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Bon Iver bestography

Sable, Fable is ranked 5th best out of 7 albums by Bon Iver on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Bon Iver is For Emma, Forever Ago which is ranked number 122 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 10,359.

Bon Iver album bestography « Higher ranked (1,442nd)
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Sable, Fable rankings

Sable, Fable rankings summary
Overall rank: 2,250th | 2020s rank: 123rd | 2025 rank: 5th  Overall chart history
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Sable, Fable ratings

Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 171 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 12% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.5/100, a mean average of 72.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.1.


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This album has been referenced 14 times on the forums, Explore the wider forum discussion to see what members have said about it.
From Rhyner 05/31/2026 17:20 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
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From albummaster 12/11/2025 07:37 in December 2025 site update (Activity streams)
“This will be the final update for 2025, so thanks to everyone who has visited the site this year and to the forum regulars, you are all very much appreciated. The best albums of 2025 on BestEverAlbums, at the time of writing, are , followed by and , so thoroughly recommend you check them all out…”
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From 06/18/2025 14:15 | #309593
Album Rating: 77.75
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Bon Iver (SF - USA - Apr 25) - Sable, Fable

11.04.2025

A bit glitchy at times, it’s still probably my favourite of Justin Vernon’s output, other than perhaps 2011s ‘Bon Iver, Bon Iver’. Could imagine drifting along the fast lane of the autobahn, thinking of spent sun tan lotion and oregano-flecked feta, whilst a 4-mile tailback of angry Alpina drivers are flicking v’s with reckless, bodykit-fuelled abandon. Expansionist, but not in an invade Greenland sort of way. The skies may never close but, when Michael Laudrup’s hair bounces in the wind, top down and product free, there is little as soothing in 2025. No one dares undertake.

1.Bon Iver (SF - USA - Apr 25) - Things Behind Things Behind Things 80
2.Bon Iver (SF - USA - Apr 25) - S P E Y S I D E 84
3.Bon Iver (SF - USA - Apr 25) - Awards Season 79
4.Bon Iver (SF - USA - Apr 25) - Short Story 78
5.Bon Iver (SF - USA - Apr 25) - Everything Is Peaceful Love 83
6.Bon Iver (SF - USA - Apr 25) - Walk Home 70
7.Bon Iver (SF - USA - Apr 25) - Day One (Feat. Dijon & Flock Of Dimes) 73
8.Bon Iver (SF - USA - Apr 25) - From 70
9.Bon Iver (SF - USA - Apr 25) - I’ll Be There 83
10.Bon Iver (SF - USA - Apr 25) - If Only I Could Wait (Feat. Danielle Haim) 83
11.Bon Iver (SF - USA - Apr 25) - There’s A Rhythmn 83
12.Bon Iver (SF - USA - Apr 25) - Au Revoir 67

Ranked in order:

* Bon Iver (SF - USA - Apr 25) - S P E Y S I D E 84
* Bon Iver (SF - USA - Apr 25) - Everything Is Peaceful Love 83
* Bon Iver (SF - USA - Apr 25) - If Only I Could Wait (Feat. Danielle Haim) 83
* Bon Iver (SF - USA - Apr 25) - I’ll Be There 83
* Bon Iver (SF - USA - Apr 25) - There’s A Rhythmn 83
* Bon Iver (SF - USA - Apr 25) - Things Behind Things Behind Things 80
* Bon Iver (SF - USA - Apr 25) - Awards Season 79
* Bon Iver (SF - USA - Apr 25) - Short Story 78
* Bon Iver (SF - USA - Apr 25) - Day One (Feat. Dijon & Flock Of Dimes) 73
* Bon Iver (SF - USA - Apr 25) - Walk Home 70
* Bon Iver (SF - USA - Apr 25) - From 70
* Bon Iver (SF - USA - Apr 25) - Au Revoir 67 (Edited)
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From 04/11/2025 14:08 | #308464 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
The man's done it again! (Edited)
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