Half Way Home
by Angel Olsen

Half Way Home by Angel Olsen
Year: 2012
Release date: 2012-09-04
Overall rank: 13,724th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 56 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2012 (300th)
Award Top albums of of the 2010s (2,808th)
Award Best albums of all time (13,724th)

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Angel Olsen bestography

Half Way Home is ranked 7th best out of 11 albums by Angel Olsen on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Angel Olsen is My Woman which is ranked number 709 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,430.

Angel Olsen album bestography « Higher ranked (10,505th)
Whole New Mess
This album (13,724th)
Half Way Home
Lower ranked (24,208th) »
Phases

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Half Way Home rankings summary
Overall rank: 13,724th | 2010s rank: 2,808th | 2012 rank: 300th  Overall chart history
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Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 56 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.2/100, a mean average of 76.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 9.5.


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From 07/03/2016 00:03 | #170366
The best showcase so far for Angel Olsen's extraordinarily lofty vocals and natural talents as a performer, even if the songwriting still seems to be playing a bit of catch up. While Half Way Home may lack a good number of remarkable moments or stand-out tracks, Olsen's voice is the real star here. She is definitely something special and should be fascinating to watch as she grows as a composer and songwriter.
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