The Hawk Is Howling
by Mogwai
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Mogwai bestography
The Hawk Is Howling is ranked 8th best out of 31 albums by Mogwai on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Mogwai is Mogwai Young Team which is ranked number 922 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,883.
(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 Hawk Is Howling track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Hawk Is Howling rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Rm12398 | Top 29 Music Albums of 2008 | 1/29 | 5 |
| 2026 |  Patman360 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2008 | 58/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Greatest Music Albums: 1001-1100 | 59/100 | - |
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 100 Music Albums of 2008 | 19/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | Rm12398 | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 37/100 | 64 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 2008 | 65/95 | - |
| 2026 | Juneof44 | Top 50 Music Albums of 2008 | 31/50 | 2 |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Post-Rock Pt. 2 | 11/32 | - |
| 2026 |  ssteve | Top 44 Music Albums of 2008 | 16/44 | 3 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 94 Music Albums of 2008 | 5/94 | 5 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 99 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 314 | |||
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The Hawk Is Howling ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 07/16/2026 23:59 | Proto | 4,284 | 33/100 |
| ! | 06/21/2026 10:05 | Timooosterink | 896 | 72/100 |
| ! | 06/10/2026 02:50 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,606 | 70/100 |
Rating metrics:
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album is rated in the top 6% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.5/100, a mean average of 75.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.7.
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Forum mentions
rockbluesfolkjaz 04/28/2022 15:36 in What album are you listening to right now?
dihansse 02/23/2017 17:03 in My discoveries per yearThe Hawk Is Howling comments
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