Brave Words (studio album)
by The Chills

Brave Words by The Chills
Year: 1987
Overall rank: 19,417th   
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 22 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1987 (255th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (2,579th)
Award Best albums of all time (19,417th)

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The Chills bestography

Brave Words is ranked 5th best out of 13 albums by Martin Phillipps & The Chills on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Martin Phillipps & The Chills is Submarine Bells which is ranked number 5068 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 268.

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   The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Brave Words rankings

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Overall rank: 19,417th | 1980s rank: 2,579th | 1987 rank: 255th

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76/100 (from 22 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.9/100, a mean average of 74.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.1.

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