I Bet On Sky
by Dinosaur Jr.
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Dinosaur Jr. bestography
I Bet On Sky is ranked 7th best out of 26 albums by Dinosaur Jr. on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Dinosaur Jr. is You're Living All Over Me which is ranked number 315 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 5,244.
(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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I Bet On Sky track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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I Bet On Sky rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
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| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 54 Music Albums of 2012 | 51/54 | 0 |
| 2026 |  cestuneblague | Top 100 Music Albums of 2012 | 93/100 | 0 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2012 | 24/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 84 Music Albums of 2012 | 20/84 | 4 |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 10/100 | 18 |
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2012 | 92/100 | 0 |
| 2026 | asimpkins | Top 28 Music Albums of 2012 | 10/28 | 3 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | in April 2022 (2 B deleted) | 52/99 | - |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Pinkushion Cuvée 2012, les albums de l’année | 3/15 | - |
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Top 78 Music Albums of 2012 | 28/78 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 100 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 332 | |||
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I Bet On Sky ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/12/2026 00:57 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,604 | 70/100 |
| ! | 04/18/2026 11:38 | cicadelic | 13,859 | 73/100 |
| ! | 03/21/2026 19:30 | joewooley24 | 2,996 | 80/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 15% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.2/100, a mean average of 73.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.4.
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pedro1976 08/29/2022 22:10 in What album are you listening to right now? Purplepash 12/22/2021 03:02 in What album are you listening to right now? dihansse 12/27/2020 21:27 in My discoveries per yearI Bet On Sky comments
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dihansse 03/04/2021 20:43 | #266962 | TOP COMMENT
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After their third come-back; Dinosaur Jr released 4 albums and they were all spot-on and all are amongst the favorite albums of one of my favorite bands and so is this third album in that series. It is a bit special in the sense that it's a bit more calm then their others (a bit like Where You Been) and that is not a bad thing because J mascis's guitar still roars anyway of course especially on the absolute highlight Watch The Corners.
zdwyatt 10/23/2013 17:42 | #88973 | TOP COMMENT
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It's still the same simple songs played loudly, and it's still the signature sleepy vocal delivery. But it feels a touch more open than 2009's Farm. And like everything they've done since getting back together, it's really solid.
No flops and a unique punk/pop/80's/modern-day sound make this a unique album.
RockyRaccoon 07/10/2013 01:30 | #80818 | TOP COMMENT
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Dinosaur Jr. is one of those bands that, when they release an album, you know what you’re going to get. They’ve been together since 1984 and they’ve always remained true to themselves. They’ve been through hair metal, grunge, 90s alternative, those awkward, like, five years that emo was popular, they’ve been through it all and they’ve continued to sound good. “I Bet On Sky" is not their best album, it’s not something earth-shattering that is going to make Dinosaur Jr. fans say that this is their best. However, this album is quite good. Dinosaur Jr. just always sounds good, no matter what. Now there are songs here and there that aren’t so great, and they can get slightly formulaic, but overall the album is still the same gritty, punching guitar-driven music that we’ve all come to know and love from Dinosaur Jr. And as usual, J Mascis’ guitar playing is superb.
A great release from Dinosaur Jr. . One of my favorites of theirs. Watch The corners is def one of the best Rock tracks of 2012
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