Bad Timing
by Jim O'Rourke

Bad Timing by Jim O'Rourke
Year: 1997
Overall rank: 6,586th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 43 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1997 (109th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (1,060th)
Award Best albums of all time (6,586th)

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Jim O'Rourke bestography

Bad Timing is ranked 4th best out of 27 albums by Jim O'Rourke on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Jim O'Rourke is Eureka which is ranked number 1759 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 958.

Jim O'Rourke album bestography « Higher ranked (6,214th)
Simple Songs
This album (6,586th)
Bad Timing
Lower ranked (9,313th) »
Halfway To A Threeway

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Bad Timing rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 6,586th | 1990s rank: 1,060th | 1997 rank: 109th
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2026SkernsTop 76 Music Albums of 199744/762
2026Rm12398Top 28 Music Albums of 199710/283
2026Rm12398Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s73/1006
2026 seb7Top 99 Music Albums of the 1990s96/991
2026 ForegroundNoiseLess Than Halfway to a Guide to Jim O'Rourke7/10 -
2026 RepoTop 96 Music Albums of 199710/965
2026 HaydenTop 50 Music Albums of 199725/503
2026 covecoveTop 100 Music Albums of 199775/1001
2026 DommeDamianTop 42 Music Albums of 199730/422
2025JohnnyoGreatest albums of the '90's (301 - 400) by U R C25/100 -
2025 Norman BatesTop 100 Music Albums of 199720/1004
2025 seb7Top 29 Music Albums of 199717/292
2025pjerskeTop 100 Music Albums of the 1990s64/1007
2025 Antonio-PedroTop 100 Greatest Music Albums16/10080
2024 ArthurknightTop 100 Music Albums of 199712/1004
2024sonicdiscourse1997 To-Do List24/79 -
2024westonTop 100 Music Albums of the 1990s45/10011
2024GodspeedyouTop 77 Greatest Music Albums74/774
2024 DommeDamianScaruffi Best Albums of 199781/100 -
2023 GlitterboiiiTop 50 Music Albums of 199734/502
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 46
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 196
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Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 43 votes)
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12/15/2025 19:21 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  8,15470/100
 
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11/29/2025 23:02 DommeDamian  Ratings distribution  7,33049/100
 
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08/04/2025 03:15 Skerns  Ratings distribution  5,07980/100
 
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06/30/2025 18:36 Toroldo  Ratings distribution  1,70184/100

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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.6/100, a mean average of 78.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.7.

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From 10/04/2014 11:50 | #123318
This album is humanity on a good day: little ado on variations of stuff, and then at the end they just throw a party with mariachi music and shit. Jim O'Rourke is a genius
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