Bish Bosch
by Scott Walker

Bish Bosch by Scott Walker
Year: 2012
Release date: 2012-12-03
Overall rank: 2,634th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 115 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2012 (43rd)
Award Top albums of the 2010s (435th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,634th)

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Scott Walker bestography

Bish Bosch is ranked 5th best out of 24 albums by Scott Walker on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Scott Walker is Scott 4 which is ranked number 781 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,214.

Scott Walker album bestography « Higher ranked (2,517th)
Tilt
This album (2,634th)
Bish Bosch
Lower ranked (3,010th) »
Scott 2

(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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Rankings summary
Overall rank: 2,634th | 2010s rank: 435th | 2012 rank: 43rd
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2026 AAL2014Top 45 Music Albums of 20128/454
2026 DommeDamianFeb 26: 201-30042/100 -
2026pjerskeTop 100 Music Albums of the 2010s1/10020
2026 kaduphemingTop 99 Music Albums of 201280/991
2026 LedZepTop 51 Music Albums of 201221/513
2026 flamingyesdeptTop 100 Music Albums of the 2010s96/1001
2026 TamthebamTop 96 Music Albums of 201241/963
2026 WasinskiTop 96 Music Albums of 201266/962
2026 DommeDamianTop 71 Music Albums of the 2010s28/7112
2026 HaydenTop 100 Music Albums of the 2010s41/10012
2026pjerskeTop 100 Greatest Music Albums17/10083
2026JorbaaTop 100 Music Albums of the 2010s67/1007
2026JohnnyoMost listened to albums in August 202282/99 -
2026 HaydenTop 100 Music Albums of 20124/1005
2026 DommeDamianTop 10 Music Albums of 20123/104
2025 videoheadcleanerTop 100 Music Albums of 201296/1000
2025 Xxnu99etxXTop 99 Music Albums of the 2010s16/9917
2025 desh79Top 100 Music Albums of 201289/1001
2025 Norman BatesTop 100 Music Albums of 201244/1003
2025 AAL2014Best Albums of the 21st Century Thus Far90/100 -
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 120
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 594
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75/100 (from 115 votes)
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12/29/2025 17:25 mutant  Ratings distribution  1,67156/100
 
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01/09/2025 04:18 Proto  Ratings distribution  4,10833/100

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This album is rated in the top 8% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.0/100, a mean average of 74.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.7.

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80/100
From 04/01/2025 20:00 | #308275
Scott is a genius. This album epitomises that in equal measure, brilliant and absurd. It’s brilliant and mad in equal measure and that’s what makes the man a one off. Not his best, that would be Tilt, but an absorbing listen nonetheless. Not for the casual listener or the faint hearted
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60/100
From 01/27/2024 07:15 | #301500
A startling foray into absurdism. Horrifying, ridiculous, inventive, and weirdly liberating. I hesitate to say I enjoyed this, but if I'm honest with myself, the pure insanity is kind of infectious. Smile-inducing, even.
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60/100
From 01/27/2024 07:11 | #301499
A startling foray into absurdism. Horrifying, ridiculous, inventive, and weirdly liberating. I hesitate to say I enjoyed this, but if I'm honest with myself, its pure insanity is sort of infectious. Smile-inducing, even.
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Rating:  
80/100
From 01/02/2018 21:22 | #204442
This album is like being inside the head of a madman sitting in an dark empty room while he's hallucinating and hearing things
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80/100
From 05/18/2017 21:03 | #191018
A challenging album that demands all of your attention. Not for listening in the car on the way to work or in the background while sending emails. It's the kind of album that demands you just lie back and listen from beginning to end. It's heavier on poetry and sonic adventure than melody or musical pathos, but is always a fascinating experience. Many of the passages are beautiful, but you won't be tapping your foot.
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60/100
From 08/13/2016 18:46 | #172851
Part genius, part nonsense. Mesmerizing and brilliant at times, at others a frustrating load of pretentious crap. If there is an album that is truly hit and miss, this is it.
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From 06/09/2016 01:22 | #168241
WHATT KIND OF AN UNNATURAL SON WOULD DO THAT
TO HIS OWN MOTHERRR!!!!!
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85/100
From 02/19/2013 17:54 | #65524
Bish Bosh is truly a reminder that music is alive and can't be contained! I love it!!!!!!!!!
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From 12/06/2012 02:27 | #56904
Disturbingly beautiful album. This gave me chills the first time I listened to it. A worthy follow up to The Drift, if not better. His lyrics make zero sense, but I think they're full of really haunting and bizarrely beautiful imagery. And the music.... wow, just wow. The track "Corps De Blah" is especially beautiful, an amazing portrayal of a body rocking. My favorite and the best album of 2012 and a strong contender for best album of the decade so far, in my opinion. Now if only he'd release albums more frequently....
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From 12/06/2012 02:20 | #56903
A really fantastic album. I'm surprised it's not on more charts.
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