Woke On A Whaleheart
by Bill Callahan

Woke On A Whaleheart by Bill Callahan
Year: 2007
Release date: 2007-04-24
Overall rank: 17,013th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 23 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2007 (331st)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (3,101st)
Award Best albums of all time (17,013th)

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Bill Callahan bestography

Woke On A Whaleheart is ranked 14th best out of 27 albums by Bill Callahan on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Bill Callahan is Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle which is ranked number 1948 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 849.

Bill Callahan album bestography « Higher ranked (14,682nd)
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This album (17,013th)
Woke On A Whaleheart
Lower ranked (18,684th) »
Supper

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Woke On A Whaleheart rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 17,013th | 2000s rank: 3,101st | 2007 rank: 331st
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2026Juneof44Top 50 Music Albums of 20074/505
2026 covecoveTop 100 Music Albums of 200752/1002
2025 Norman BatesTop 100 Music Albums of 200720/1004
2025JohnnyoTop 82 Music Albums of 200764/821
2025 PatrickDGreatest Bill Callahan Albums5/24 -
2024 EyeKanFlyAM Bubbling Under 2000s 0942/100 -
2023cmoshierTop 100 Music Albums of 200717/1004
2022 ghosttomostTop 70 Music Albums of 200742/702
2022 buzzdainerTop 69 Music Albums of 200765/690
2020 jnfbnTop 100 Music Albums of 200716/1004
2020cronadigallinaTop 100 Music Albums of 200769/1002
2018garycottierTop 32 Music Albums of 20072/325
2018garycottierTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s40/10012
2018clarkejames94Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s75/1005
2017clarkejames94Top 17 Music Albums of 200712/172
2017 PatrickDGreatest Drag City Records Albums8/99 -
2017 fractaljazzTop 100 Music Albums of 200793/1000
2016 PatrickDTop 50 Music Albums of 20076/505
2015 PatrickDTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s77/1005
2014 covecoveEsquire's 75 Albums Every Man Must Own33/75 -
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 24
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 64
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Woke On A Whaleheart ratings

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74/100 (from 23 votes)
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08/11/2025 16:46 EyeKanFly  Ratings distribution  8,42765/100
 
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02/02/2023 10:15 LosWochos  Ratings distribution  46,86875/100
 
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This album is rated in the top 23% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.6/100, a mean average of 74.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 8.9.

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From 06/02/2016 15:10 | #167605
This is my favourite Bill Callahan album(including Smog). It's heading closer to that Americana sound and it features some of Callahan's best songs. Diamond dancer, from the rivers to the ocean, especially, honeymoon child, are all excellent. Bill Callahan is one of the most original and interesting of songwriters, and this is a great record.
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From 05/01/2015 23:51 | #140684
First album as Bill Callahan, a strong change from Smog style. Texas is near here.
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