Songs For Silverman
by Ben Folds

Songs For Silverman by Ben Folds
Year: 2005
Release date: 2005-04-11
Overall rank: 5,516th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 87 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2005 (106th)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (952nd)
Award Best albums of all time (5,516th)

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Ben Folds bestography

Songs For Silverman is ranked 2nd best out of 13 albums by Ben Folds on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Ben Folds is Rockin' The Suburbs which is ranked number 2253 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 728.

Ben Folds album bestography « Higher ranked (2,253rd)
Rockin' The Suburbs
This album (5,516th)
Songs For Silverman
Lower ranked (7,627th) »
So There

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Songs For Silverman track list

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

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Songs For Silverman rankings

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Overall rank: 5,516th | 2000s rank: 952nd | 2005 rank: 106th

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Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 87 votes)
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04/11/2026 19:12 Piotr  Ratings distribution  2280/100
 
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08/26/2025 11:15 TonySayers61  Ratings distribution  24,72464/100
 
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11/21/2024 09:38 Tamthebam  Ratings distribution  23,02169/100
 
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11/10/2024 01:06 dhbarrett  Ratings distribution  8,47465/100
 
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06/22/2023 11:55 videoheadcleaner  Ratings distribution  12,37385/100

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This album is rated in the top 11% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.6/100, a mean average of 73.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.4.

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80/100
From 01/28/2020 21:51 | #247262
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 | #182078
My favourite Folds' solo album. Surprisingly consistent and more mature than his other efforts.
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From 10/27/2013 21:37 | #89509
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 | #15309
fantastic album. i think his best. track picks: bastard, Jesusland, Landed, Give Judy My Notice and Late
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