Down Colorful Hill
by Red House Painters
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Red House Painters bestography
Down Colorful Hill is ranked 2nd best out of 9 albums by Red House Painters on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Red House Painters is Red House Painters (Rollercoaster) which is ranked number 699 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,479.
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Down Colorful Hill track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 86 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Down Colorful Hill rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Rm12398 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 22/100 | 16 |
| 2026 |  cestuneblague | Top 100 Music Albums of 1992 | 6/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  Kalos | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 44/100 | 11 |
| 2026 |  DommeDamian | Favorite albums with great replay value | 37/81 | - |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 1992 | 23/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Glitterboiii | Top 50 Music Albums of 1992 | 10/50 | 4 |
| 2026 | saltysurprise | Top 56 Music Albums of 1992 | 43/56 | 1 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 1992 | 31/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Top 63 Music Albums of 1992 | 44/63 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Hayden | Top 50 Music Albums of 1992 | 17/50 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 281 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 2,151 | |||
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Down Colorful Hill ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/23/2026 10:27 |  ExTeaSea | 5,252 | 83/100 |
| ! | 09/21/2026 13:52 |  AAL2014 | 4,349 | 75/100 |
| ! | 08/19/2026 15:15 |  Taka | 1,096 | 80/100 |
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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 79.5/100, a mean average of 78.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.7.
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Down Colorful Hill forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 08/01/2026 16:00 in Monthly overall chart movements - July 2026View latest topic →
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Down Colorful Hill comments
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Norman Bates 01/22/2010 20:29 | #8559 | TOP COMMENT
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"Lord Kill The Pain" still one of my favourite tracks from the 90s.
joannajewsom 10/27/2009 03:56 | #6816 | TOP COMMENT
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Is there a more perfect late-night album? Scratch that--it's much more than that.
This is a pretty solid debut, but it feels incomplete and a little incoherent in some places.
This album creates a great atmosphere and really engulfs you in the feelings of the artist. It is difficult to not feel melancholy when listening to this record which is due to the brilliant atmosphere created and the lyrics too. Both of these are very strong and really carry the album for me. I am also very fond of the vocal performance. 24 and Medicine Bottle are possibly two of the best RHP songs ever released and they draw me back to this album time and time again. While the other 4 songs aren't up to this standard there is still a few more decent songs such as Japanese To English. This record can feel a little slow at times though and once you are passed the brilliant first half you can get sucked out of the album a couple of times. Overall, a very emotional album that is also thoroughly enjoyable to listen too.
Great album, a few parts that I didn't like though.
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