Misery Is A Butterfly
by Blonde Redhead

Misery Is A Butterfly by Blonde Redhead
Year: 2004
Release date: 2004-03-15
Overall rank: 2,462nd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 141 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2004 (37th)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (408th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,462nd)

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Misery Is A Butterfly is ranked as the best album by Blonde Redhead.

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Misery Is A Butterfly rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 2,462nd | 2000s rank: 408th | 2004 rank: 37th
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2026blueandthemoonTop 78 Music Albums of 200452/782
2026 baystateoftheartTop 49 Music Albums of 200415/494
2026Cheboygan74Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s82/1004
2026Cheboygan74Top 16 Music Albums of 20046/163
2026 imimesisTop 29 Music Albums of 200422/291
2026JohnnyoAlbums of the year 2004 by Prefix Magazine95/98 -
2026 Patman360Top 94 Music Albums of 200458/942
2026matterhornriderTop 30 Music Albums of 200420/302
2026 paladisiactop 65r albums (63), #0101-0200*19/60 -
2026 imacgillTop 100 Music Albums of 200445/1003
2026joathomeTop 68 Music Albums of 200446/682
2026Juneof44Top 50 Music Albums of 200426/503
2025 videoheadcleanerTop 90 Music Albums of 200465/901
2025HyggevinylTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s66/1007
2025 WasinskiTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s43/10012
2025shanelovesyou1111Top 95 Music Albums of 200429/954
2025 Norman BatesTop 100 Music Albums of 200426/1004
2025 cestuneblagueTop 100 Music Albums of 200491/1001
2025 Graeme2Top 86 Music Albums of 20043/865
2025juanr1096Top 100 Music Albums of 200426/1004
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 130
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 643
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Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 141 votes)
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04/03/2025 23:39 martintho  Ratings distribution  4,70275/100

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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 78.0/100, a mean average of 77.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.2.

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From 02/12/2021 21:10 | #266237
One of those albums with a stunningly beautiful sound that I wish I liked a bit more.
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From 05/16/2015 00:00 | #141552
Beautiful album. First three tracks are stunning
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From 03/08/2009 07:13 | #2934
For a long time I thought that no album or collection can come near OK computer.
Then came Misery is a butterfly and proved me as being wrong.

The greatest creations usually don’t require additional supportive comparison to shine.
The album is tribute to beauty and every moment in it is a masterpiece.

After I became familiar with Misery I started to suspect that the band’s members are not human being since a human can’t create such beautiful music out of rock/pop.

The first time that I saw Blonde Redhead they were the warm up band for Interpol I was afraid to die from heart attack.

Rani
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