Bad Timing
by Jim O'Rourke
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Jim O'Rourke bestography
Bad Timing is ranked 4th best out of 28 albums by Jim O'Rourke on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Jim O'Rourke is Eureka which is ranked number 1803 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 946.
(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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Bad Timing track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Bad Timing 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 77 Music Albums of 1997 | 46/77 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Repo | Top 100 Music Albums of 1997 | 11/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | pjerske | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 65/100 | 7 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 97 Music Albums of 1997 | 33/97 | 3 |
| 2026 |  covecove | Top 100 Music Albums of 1997 | 76/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Hayden | Top 50 Music Albums of 1997 | 26/50 | 3 |
| 2026 |  DommeDamian | Top 43 Music Albums of 1997 | 30/43 | 2 |
| 2026 | Rm12398 | Top 39 Music Albums of 1997 | 11/39 | 4 |
| 2026 | Rm12398 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 83/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  ForegroundNoise | Less Than Halfway to a Guide to Jim O'Rourke | 7/10 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 47 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 189 | |||
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Bad Timing ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 05/27/2026 08:54 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,606 | 70/100 |
| ! | 04/28/2026 20:22 |  cestuneblague | 8,258 | 80/100 |
| ! | 04/11/2026 00:09 | blackflag29 | 2,763 | 88/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.2/100, a mean average of 78.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.8.
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Forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 07/27/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5386): By Antonio-Pedro
NoisyBeast 04/15/2021 19:59 in What album are you listening to right now?
Antonio-Pedro 06/19/2019 04:15 in What album are you listening to right now?Bad Timing comments
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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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