The Richest Man In Babylon
by Thievery Corporation
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Thievery Corporation bestography
The Richest Man In Babylon is ranked as the best album by Thievery Corporation.
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The Richest Man In Babylon track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Richest Man In Babylon rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | PapaShiz86 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2002 | 56/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 100 Music Albums of 2002 | 89/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  EyeKanFly | Top 75 Music Albums of 2002 | 62/75 | 1 |
| 2025 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 2002 | 36/100 | 3 |
| 2025 |  Igtonumama | Top 100 Music Albums of 2002 | 4/100 | 5 |
| 2025 | skrapoel | Top 50 Music Albums of 2002 | 36/50 | 2 |
| 2025 | Igtonumama | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 76/100 | 5 |
| 2025 | panapsal | Top 97 Music Albums of 2002 | 80/97 | 1 |
| 2025 |  LadyGodiva | Rinse and Repeat 2025 edition | 7/100 | - |
| 2024 | Rikuff | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 78/100 | 19 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 37 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 182 | |||
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The Richest Man In Babylon ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 11/16/2024 15:16 | cicadelic | 13,921 | 73/100 |
| ! | 09/13/2024 15:00 | thepurplemartin | 554 | 76/100 |
| ! | 04/22/2024 23:41 | BorderFreeAndrew | 15,736 | 74/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 18% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.8/100, a mean average of 74.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.9.
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Forum mentions
EyeKanFly 05/06/2021 23:38 in What album are you listening to right now?
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meruizh 12/08/2014 16:21 in BEAs Top 100 Songs Of The 70sThe Richest Man In Babylon comments
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hoyquarlow 12/30/2022 23:11 | #292342
Mostly instrumental and when there's vocal, it's not super good... They will do much better on subsequent albums. (Edited)
meruizh 12/05/2014 18:42 | #128790 | TOP COMMENT
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Works great as background music
quincytejani 12/20/2013 22:18 | #98234 | TOP COMMENT
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THievery!! Great
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