Friction, Baby
by Better Than Ezra
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Better Than Ezra bestography
Friction, Baby is ranked as the best album by Better Than Ezra.
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Friction, Baby track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Friction, Baby 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 | borninhockeytown | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 57/100 | 41 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 94 Music Albums of 1996 | 22/94 | 4 |
| 2025 |  identifer | Top 61 Music Albums of the 1990s | 20/61 | 14 |
| 2025 | identifer | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 76/100 | 22 |
| 2025 |  Charicature | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 41/100 | 53 |
| 2025 |  Milhaud | Top 44 Music Albums of 1996 | 19/44 | 3 |
| 2025 |  paladisiac | top albums, #1301-1400* | 75/77 | - |
| 2025 | paladisiac | 1990s, #101-200 | 97/100 | - |
| 2025 | paladisiac | Top 100 Music Albums of 1996 | 21/100 | 4 |
| 2025 | Milhaud | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 82/100 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 21 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 180 | |||
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Friction, Baby ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 12/09/2025 08:05 |  Kingturtle | 7,579 | 73/100 |
| ! | 07/10/2025 12:00 | Milhaud | 2,156 | 71/100 |
| ! | 02/10/2025 18:52 | TonySayers61 | 25,652 | 64/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 66.1/100, a mean average of 64.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 64.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.5.
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Friction, Baby forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 07/08/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5367): By borninhockeytown paladisiac 05/15/2017 18:35 in What album are you listening to right now?Friction, Baby comments
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