Songs For Silverman (studio album)
by Ben Folds

Songs For Silverman by Ben Folds
Year: 2005
Release date: 2005-04-11
Overall rank: 5,466th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 86 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2005 (104th)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (958th)
Award Best albums of all time (5,466th)

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Ben Folds bestography

Songs For Silverman is ranked 2nd best out of 12 albums by Ben Folds on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Ben Folds is Rockin' The Suburbs which is ranked number 2218 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 725.

Ben Folds album bestography « Higher ranked (2,218th)
Rockin' The Suburbs
This album (5,466th)
Songs For Silverman
Lower ranked (6,954th) »
So There

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Songs For Silverman track list

  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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74/100 (from 86 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 13% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.5/100, a mean average of 73.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.3.

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80/100
From 01/28/2020 21:51
Not bad by any means. He tickles ivories like very few before him. The album would be so much better had he chose the EP version of Give Judy My Notice.

Best Tracks: Bastard, You to Thank, Landed, Prison Food
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From 01/09/2017 12:10
My favourite Folds' solo album. Surprisingly consistent and more mature than his other efforts.
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From 10/27/2013 21:37
Starts with a bang... some of his best, but then fades in the second half. Still strong.
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From 09/21/2010 22:57
fantastic album. i think his best. track picks: bastard, Jesusland, Landed, Give Judy My Notice and Late
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