Cast Of Thousands
by Elbow
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Elbow bestography
Cast Of Thousands is ranked 6th best out of 19 albums by Elbow on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Elbow is The Seldom Seen Kid which is ranked number 554 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,093.
(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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Cast Of Thousands track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Cast Of Thousands 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 |  dihansse | Top 71 Music Albums of 2003 | 70/71 | 0 |
| 2026 | wizardalien | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 47/100 | 11 |
| 2026 | mrmcrook | Top 43 Music Albums of 2003 | 14/43 | 3 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | BBC Best Albums 2003 | 2/20 | - |
| 2026 | wizardalien | Top 100 Greatest Albums of the 21st Century | 76/100 | - |
| 2026 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 2003 | 25/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | Foxforce5 | Top 19 Music Albums of 2003 | 11/19 | 2 |
| 2026 | wizardalien | Top 100 Greatest Albums (Outside of BEA Top 1,000) | 48/100 | - |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 2003 | 43/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Monitor Best Albums 2003 | 19/32 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 108 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 321 | |||
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Cast Of Thousands ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/01/2026 09:02 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,190 | 70/100 |
| ! | 05/02/2026 23:16 | mrmcrook | 1,139 | 77/100 |
| ! | 04/18/2026 09:31 | markl73 | 641 | 78/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 22% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.6/100, a mean average of 73.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.7.
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NoisyBeast 09/09/2023 15:12 in What album are you listening to right now?Cast Of Thousands comments
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meccalecca TOP 100 COMMENTER 11/22/2013 17:48 | #94101 | TOP COMMENT
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For some reason I never noticed it before, but this album is a lot like Talk Talk's Spirit of Eden. And with each listen is grows more and more profound. From the poetic lyrics, to the brilliant musicianship that blends jazz and post rock into lush arrangements. It's an album that seems much simpler on the surface than it actually is.
RoundTheBend TOP 100 COMMENTER 06/05/2016 19:34 | #167959 | TOP COMMENT
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Ribcage, Fallen Angel, Snooks (Progress Report) are FANTASTIC. Last time I listened to this album a lot I rated it higher than this time... curious if it is a grower and it's just been a while, or if it really is less good than I thought before. (Edited)
The weakest Elbow album in my opinion. It's not bad but it just hasn't got that same focus and decisiveness as their other records. Still, it is Elbow, so all is not lost, just not their best.
This is the 4th Elbow album I've purchased and it has not let me down. Not as outstanding as some of the others as a few tracks on this can fall under the filler category. But still a very worthy album with the majority of songs up there with some of there best
Not their best, but it's still good. A couple of the weak tracks let the album down a bit (Snooks and Crawling with Idiot). Not A Job is superb, one of their best. Love the instrumentals on I've Got Your Number too. Ribcage is nice too.
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