9
by Damien Rice
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Damien Rice bestography
9 is ranked 3rd best out of 5 albums by Damien Rice on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Damien Rice is O which is ranked number 974 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,785.
(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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9 track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Top-rated track as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members.
9 rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 1 hour ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 2006 | 76/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | top 65r albums (64), #0601-0700* | 38/66 | - |
| 2026 |  DommeDamian | Top 24 Music Albums of 2006 | 2/24 | 5 |
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2006 | 97/100 | 0 |
| 2026 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 2006 | 65/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2006 | 86/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | Kettwig | Top 25 Music Albums of 2006 | 17/25 | 2 |
| 2026 | joathome | Top 60 Music Albums of 2006 | 30/60 | 3 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 100 Music Albums of 2006 | 76/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 2006 | 78/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 93 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 317 | |||
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9 ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 06/25/2026 12:30 | Map | 524 | 81/100 |
| ! | 02/18/2026 02:21 | Proto | 4,297 | 33/100 |
| ! | 06/20/2025 19:16 | Invader666 | 2,622 | 65/100 |
Rating metrics:
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.2/100, a mean average of 73.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.2.
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Forum mentions
Daydreamer 01/08/2018 17:44 in Favorite Winter Albums Daydreamer 09/12/2017 12:02 in What album are you listening to right now?9 comments
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A completely underrated and overlooked album. 9, Damien Rice's follow up to the excellent, O, is every bit as good as that record. It's predominately an acoustic LP but this time Rice adds electric instruments on some tracks and the album has a more challenging sound to it. Some great songs here in, coconut skins, rootless tree, and, accidental babies. All the songs are great and why this record isn't more highly praised is a mystery.
"9 crimes" is impressive as song and the others ones do not disappoint as well.
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