Handwritten
by The Gaslight Anthem

Handwritten by The Gaslight Anthem
Year: 2012
Release date: 2012-07-24
Overall rank: 6,317th   
Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 98 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2012 (129th)
Award Top albums of the 2010s (1,204th)
Award Best albums of all time (6,317th)

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The Gaslight Anthem bestography

Handwritten is ranked 3rd best out of 11 albums by The Gaslight Anthem on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by The Gaslight Anthem is The '59 Sound which is ranked number 1335 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,280.

The Gaslight Anthem album bestography « Higher ranked (3,525th)
American Slang
This album (6,317th)
Handwritten
Lower ranked (9,912th) »
Sink Or Swim

(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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Handwritten track list

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Handwritten rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 6,317th | 2010s rank: 1,204th | 2012 rank: 129th

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Handwritten ratings

Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 98 votes)
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.8/100, a mean average of 68.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.2.

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From 10/03/2021 21:14 | #274639
Handwritten is another excellent and underrated record from Gaslight Anthem. There are so many excellent tracks here: 45, Here Comes Your Man, Mulholland Drive, Too Much Blood and title track are all excellent.

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From 04/03/2014 20:04 | #108418
He kinda sounds like a pirate... not in a good way!
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From 11/06/2012 07:55 | #54379
Not bad album, National Anthem is the stand out track, the rest of the tracks are fairly standard and possibly a little dated.
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From 09/17/2012 16:20 | #50638
A very good album, it's worth it to have :)
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From 08/22/2012 12:09 | #49034
best album of 2012
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