The Natural Bridge
by Silver Jews
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Silver Jews bestography
The Natural Bridge is ranked 2nd best out of 9 albums by Silver Jews on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Silver Jews is American Water which is ranked number 1697 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,008.
(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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The Natural Bridge track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Natural Bridge 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 | Rm12398 | Top 36 Music Albums of 1996 | 13/36 | 3 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 100 Music Albums of 1996 | 17/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | RAPPSTHYME | Top 40 Greatest Music Albums | 16/40 | 58 |
| 2026 | cronadigallina | Top 100 Music Albums of 1996 | 30/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 68 Music Albums of 1996 | 49/68 | 1 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top albums of the '90's (101 - 200) | 18/100 | - |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Les Inrocks Les meilleurs albums 1996 | 45/50 | - |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 100 Music Albums of 1996 | 48/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | daCritic | Top 45 Music Albums of 1996 | 30/45 | 2 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 94 Music Albums of 1996 | 72/94 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 58 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 240 | |||
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The Natural Bridge ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 35 hours ago | JamesMowbray | 5,733 | 69/100 |
| ! | 10/04/2026 12:24 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,426 | 70/100 |
| ! | 07/19/2026 22:10 | Skerns | 5,215 | 80/100 |
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(*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 75.9/100, a mean average of 76.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.5.
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The Natural Bridge forum mentions
neilgee 10/13/2026 21:51 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
dihansse 04/22/2026 20:36 in My discoveries per yearThe Natural Bridge comments
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