Cease To Begin
by Band Of Horses

Album
Cease To Begin by Band Of Horses
Year: 2007
Release date: 2007-10-09
Overall rank: 1,531st   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 251 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2007 (27th)
Award Top albums of of the 2000s (239th)
Award Best albums of all time (1,531st)

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Cease To Begin is ranked as the best album by Band Of Horses.

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Cease To Begin track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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1.
Is There A Ghost
Average Rating: 85 (71 votes)Comments: View 0
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Ode To LRC
Average Rating: 80 (49 votes)Comments: View 0
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No One's Gonna Love You
Average Rating: 85 (73 votes)Comments: View 0
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Detlef Schrempf
Average Rating: 82 (55 votes)Comments: View 0
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The General Specific
Average Rating: 80 (47 votes)Comments: View 0
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Lamb On The Lam (In The City)
Average Rating: 74 (41 votes)Comments: View 0
7.
Islands On The Coast
Average Rating: 79 (47 votes)Comments: View 1
8.
Marry Song
Average Rating: 76 (47 votes)Comments: View 0
9.
Cigarettes, Wedding Bands
Average Rating: 81 (48 votes)Comments: View 0
10.
Window Blues
Average Rating: 77 (46 votes)Comments: View 0

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Cease To Begin rankings

Cease To Begin rankings summary
Overall rank: 1,531st | 2000s rank: 239th | 2007 rank: 27th  Overall chart history
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 !		07/19/2026 03:20 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  15,88770/100
 
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 !		02/20/2026 22:37 Gedster  Ratings distribution  18172/100

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From BestEverAlbums 09/23/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5444): By Romanelli
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From 12/14/2012 17:53 | #57898 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
My favourite Band Of Horses track Detlef Schrempf is on this album. Is There A Ghost is also a great track
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From 03/12/2014 22:01 | #106100 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
this album is a little underrated, sort of passed by compared to everything all the time. the funeral is one of the best songs ive ever heard (from everything all the time) but this album is even better. no ones gonna love you is right next to the funeral. after those two albums they took another approach in producing their albums which seems to be a bad idea in my opinion. they are incredible in this one and shouldve stuck to it. i would for sure buy this album. enjoy!
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From 02/20/2026 22:41 | #313235 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Easy listening guitar based music. A kind of folk rock band. Some nice tracks on here and not many poor songs. My favourite track was Cigarettes and Wedding Bands, but there are also other good ones. This group are not that well known in the UK but I think they are very good, and this album from 2007 looks like it was their high point. (Edited)
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From 09/20/2011 17:31 | #27702 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Brilliant band! Talented songwriters! I like his words on most of the tracks. Favorite songs were Is There A Ghost and No One's Gonna Love You.
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From 07/21/2012 22:10 | #46996 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Soaring and beautiful, Horses has their own unique sound that flat out shines. Ghost and Love You are fanstastic songs.
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