Before The Robots
by Better Than Ezra
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Better Than Ezra bestography
Before The Robots is ranked 5th 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 7208 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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Before The Robots track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Before The Robots rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  paladisiac | top 65r albums (66), #0001-0100* | 16/78 | - |
| 2024 | paladisiac | 2000s 65rating (66-65.46), #001-100* | 4/55 | - |
| 2023 | paladisiac | Top 100 Music Albums of 2005 | 43/100 | 3 |
| 2019 | borninhockeytown | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 53/100 | 10 |
| 2013 |  electraburn | Top 82 Greatest Music Albums | 9/82 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 5 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 13 | |||
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Before The Robots ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 02/27/2026 23:59 | PapaShiz86 | 11,678 | 79/100 |
| ! | 07/10/2025 12:01 |  Milhaud | 2,151 | 71/100 |
| ! | 11/10/2024 01:35 | dhbarrett | 8,692 | 65/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 69.4/100, a mean average of 67.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 67.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.3.
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