Broken Boy Soldiers
by The Raconteurs

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Broken Boy Soldiers by The Raconteurs
Year: 2006
Release date: 2006-05-16
Overall rank: 1,879th   
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 307 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2006 (26th)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (296th)
Award Best albums of all time (1,879th)

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The Raconteurs bestography

Broken Boy Soldiers is ranked 2nd best out of 5 albums by The Raconteurs on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by The Raconteurs is Consolers Of The Lonely which is ranked number 1443 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,174.

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Broken Boy Soldiers track list

   The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Steady, As She Goes
Average Rating: 88 (104 votes)Comments: View 0
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Hands
Average Rating: 83 (53 votes)Comments: View 1
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Broken Boy Soldier
Average Rating: 84 (58 votes)Comments: View 1
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Intimate Secretary
Average Rating: 80 (47 votes)Comments: View 0
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Together
Average Rating: 81 (47 votes)Comments: View 0
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Level
Average Rating: 83 (54 votes)Comments: View 0
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Store Bought Bones
Average Rating: 81 (48 votes)Comments: View 0
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Yellow Sun
Average Rating: 79 (46 votes)Comments: View 0
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Call It A Day
Average Rating: 78 (45 votes)Comments: View 0
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Blue Veins
Average Rating: 81 (48 votes)Comments: View 1
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Broken Boy Soldiers rankings

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Overall rank: 1,879th | 2000s rank: 296th | 2006 rank: 26th

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Broken Boy Soldiers ratings

Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 307 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 7% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.2/100, a mean average of 74.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.2.

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80/100
From 10/06/2024 18:14 | #305559
Fantastic album
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From 06/17/2020 19:10 | #253765
Great album. Side B has a few less interesting songs, but a great finish with my favorite track: Blue Veins
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From 06/06/2016 00:05 | #167978
Disagree. Worse than most White Stripes. An ok record that gets boring quickly.
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From 04/16/2013 23:56 | #73531
Stronger than any White Stripes album aside from Elephant. Some great songs, it gets old quickly, however.
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From 04/06/2013 03:27 | #71570
It's getting to the point where I'm torn as to which is more brilliant, this or Consolers of the Lonely. I love Call it a Day and at least five other songs here. It's a great band with Jack White in it, not necessarily running the show...
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From 04/23/2012 22:17 | #40770
Great record, should be better than 38th in 2006
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From 01/04/2012 02:43 | #34377
100 pts!
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From 11/10/2011 01:47 | #30268
Underrated indeed. A little too short unfortunately, but an unbelievable collection of songs. Jack White with 3 other actual musicians is such a joy to listen to. Although I still love the White Stripes to death.
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