Dead In The Boot
by Elbow
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Elbow bestography
Dead In The Boot is ranked 13th best out of 19 albums by Elbow on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Elbow is The Seldom Seen Kid which is ranked number 554 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,080.
(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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Dead In The Boot track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Dead In The Boot rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Squonk007 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 42/100 | 12 |
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 100 Music Albums of 2012 | 31/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | wizardalien | Manchester, so much to answer for | 54/58 | - |
| 2026 | wizardalien | Top 15 Music Albums of 2012 | 12/15 | 1 |
| 2025 | Squonk007 | Top 21 Music Albums of 2012 | 8/21 | 3 |
| 2024 |  meccalecca | Top 100 Music Albums of 2012 | 90/100 | 1 |
| 2017 |  JoSt | Top 62 Music Albums of 2012 | 49/62 | 1 |
| 2016 | lanis | Top 82 Music Albums of 2012 | 12/82 | 4 |
| 2013 | elton229 | Top 45 Music Albums of 2012 | 43/45 | 0 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 9 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 26 | |||
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Dead In The Boot ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/04/2025 23:34 | Moondance | 20,916 | 72/100 |
| ! | 08/15/2025 19:38 | Squonk007 | 773 | 24/100 |
| ! | 04/30/2024 12:01 | joathome | 996 | 68/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.2/100, a mean average of 71.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.9.
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videoheadcleaner 01/16/2014 00:28 in What album are you listening to right now?Dead In The Boot comments
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You can tell it's a B-sides compilation album as it's not up to their standard of 2001 - present. There is still some beautiful music on this though - my favourites are Buffalo Ghosts and Lay Down Your Cross.
Brilliant hearing more music from the 2001-2003 era.
Less cosy, more dark, angsty, mysterious. Brilliant stuff, even for B-Sides. Perhaps as good if not better than "Cast of Thousands".
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