Now For Plan A
by The Tragically Hip
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The Tragically Hip bestography
Now For Plan A is ranked 11th best out of 18 albums by The Tragically Hip on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Tragically Hip is Fully Completely which is ranked number 1753 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 976.
(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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Now For Plan A track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Now For Plan A 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 |  jhuik | Tragically Hip + Side Projects in Order | 21/24 | - |
| 2023 |  Robert Anton Wilson | Top 25 Music Albums of 2012 | 2/25 | 5 |
| 2022 | cronadigallina | Top 100 Music Albums of 2012 | 85/100 | 1 |
| 2021 |  ghosttomost | Top 60 Music Albums of 2012 | 46/60 | 1 |
| 2021 | Robert Anton Wilson | Top 93 Music Albums of the 2010s | 10/93 | 18 |
| 2018 | jhuik | Top 56 Music Albums of 2012 | 18/56 | 3 |
| 2013 | 5thbeatle | Top 20 Music Albums of 2012 | 19/20 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 7 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 29 | |||
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Now For Plan A ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 04/25/2026 21:41 | Robert Anton Wil | 1,149 | 84/100 |
| ! | 05/25/2022 03:58 |  zags7000 | 20,568 | 64/100 |
| ! | 07/02/2020 16:32 | Drake | 317 | 74/100 |
| ! | 09/27/2016 12:50 | jepstein | 233 | 81/100 |
| ! | 12/16/2015 22:20 | Rayzer6 | 1,617 | 85/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.8/100, a mean average of 71.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.3.
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ghosttomost 05/21/2014 07:31 | #112444
As with most of the Hip's later output, this is an album with many highs and lows. The difference here, however, is that the highs are much greater and even the most jaded veteran Tragically Hip fans can find themselves enjoying tracks such as "At Transformation". Gord Downie's songwriting really shines where his lyrics and and the band's performance really clicks, on standout tracks such as "Goodnight Attawapiskat". The number of throwaway tracks, on the other hand, really hold back this album from taking off as the Hip's true return to form.
jhuik 09/29/2012 16:43 | #51440
While this is not going to be called a comeback album and their mojo seems to be in a long, slow decline, they are still putting out fine music. They have not gone bad.
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