Howling Songs (studio album)
by Matt Elliott
Matt Elliott bestography
Howling Songs is ranked 3rd best out of 11 albums by Matt Elliott on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Matt Elliott is Drinking Songs which is ranked number 9959 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 119.
(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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Howling Songs track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Howling Songs rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 |  Xxnu99etxX | Slowcore | 43/98 | - |
| 2024 |  Jameth | Top 10 Music Albums of 2008 | 4/10 | 4 |
| 2024 | TheKing | Top 75 Music Albums of 2008 | 40/75 | 2 |
| 2024 | cmoshier | Top 100 Music Albums of 2008 | 86/100 | 1 |
| 2024 |  Hayden | Top 100 Music Albums of 2008 | 26/100 | 4 |
| 2023 | Xxnu99etxX | Top 56 Music Albums of 2008 | 12/56 | 4 |
| 2023 | Xxnu99etxX | Matt Elliott Discography Ranked | 1/6 | - |
| 2019 |  bertrandu | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 23/100 | 16 |
| 2019 | bertrandu | *All Time* Avant-Folk | 12/70 | - |
| 2018 |  CellarDoor | Top 34 Music Albums of 2008 | 26/34 | 1 |
| 2018 | CellarDoor | Slowcore Does Not Exist... | 53/100 | - |
| 2018 | bertrandu | Top 100 Music Albums of 2008 | 3/100 | 5 |
| 2017 | bertrandu | Best Contemporary Folk Albums | 78/100 | - |
| 2017 | bertrandu | Best Singer/Songwriter Albums | 95/100 | - |
| 2014 |  philbutrin | Top 100 Music Albums of 2008 | 4/100 | 5 |
| 2008 | screenagers.pl | Najlepsze albumy roku 2008 | 45/51 | 1 |
| 2008 | Rockdelux | Discos internacionales 2008 | 19/50 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 17 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 45 | |||
Howling Songs collection
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Howling Songs ratings
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av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating.
Showing latest 5 ratings for this album. | Show all 12 ratings for this album.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 11/23/2025 20:35 | lisalisa | 436 | 77/100 |
| ! | 01/16/2024 18:00 | LosWochos | 46,624 | 75/100 |
| ! | 11/12/2020 16:19 | Hayden | 7,332 | 72/100 |
| ! | 09/04/2020 03:52 | Xxnu99etxX | 2,861 | 63/100 |
| ! | 09/21/2019 18:17 | Jameth | 3,451 | 68/100 |
Rating metrics:
Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.1/100, a mean average of 79.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 6.1.
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