Hands Of Glory
by Andrew Bird
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Andrew Bird bestography
Hands Of Glory is ranked 11th best out of 24 albums by Andrew Bird on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Andrew Bird is Andrew Bird & The Mysterious Production Of Eggs which is ranked number 1763 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 969.
(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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Hands Of Glory track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Hands Of Glory rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 100 Music Albums of 2012 | 52/100 | 2 |
| 2025 | cicadelic | Frontier Psychiatrist: Top 50 Albums of 2012 | 12/52 | - |
| 2025 |  Norman Bates | Top 100 Music Albums of 2012 | 48/100 | 3 |
| 2025 |  sssvnnn | Top 80 Music Albums of 2012 | 10/80 | 4 |
| 2025 |  HelsinkiSnorkel | Top 72 Music Albums of 2012 | 51/72 | 2 |
| 2024 |  pavelthevelvet | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 50/100 | 10 |
| 2024 |  meccalecca | Top 100 Music Albums of 2012 | 96/100 | 0 |
| 2020 |  jnfbn | Top 84 Music Albums of 2012 | 69/84 | 1 |
| 2019 |  bertrandu | Top 100 Music Albums of 2012 | 83/100 | 1 |
| 2017 | bertrandu | 2010s Indie Folk | 78/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 14 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 30 | |||
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Hands Of Glory ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 02/03/2026 04:44 | brent13 | 2,226 | 66/100 |
| ! | 03/01/2023 10:10 | Kali | 693 | 74/100 |
| ! | 06/30/2020 11:55 | jnfbn | 8,878 | 81/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.3/100, a mean average of 71.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 9.2.
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paladisiac 12/03/2012 17:46 in What album are you listening to right now?Hands Of Glory comments
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paladisiac TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/03/2012 20:15 | #56648
The second new Andrew Bird album to come out in 2012, this one is more engaging but yet feels more folksy. He's the master of the stringed instrument, reaching back to the yarns of grassroots country delving into religion and general spirituality. But like the first album, andrew bird is now cemented into adult contemporary corner, his lyrical witticisms and turns of phrase mostly watered down at this point.
sssvnnn 02/04/2015 18:23 | #133959
This album is so beautiful.
Why is it so underrated on BEA?
(Maybe because of some country influences?)
Or maybe just because it´s the second of 2012 ans simply overlooked.
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