Nightbird
by Erasure

Nightbird by Erasure
Year: 2005
Release date: 2005-01-25
Overall rank: 25,082nd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 13 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2005 (478th)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (4,624th)
Award Best albums of all time (25,082nd)

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Erasure bestography

Nightbird is ranked 7th best out of 31 albums by Erasure on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Erasure is The Innocents which is ranked number 5005 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 278.

Erasure album bestography « Higher ranked (21,370th)
Wonderland
This album (25,082nd)
Nightbird
Lower ranked (26,990th) »
Tomorrow's World

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Rankings summary
Overall rank: 25,082nd | 2000s rank: 4,624th | 2005 rank: 478th

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Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 13 votes)
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80/100
 
03/10/2026 02:30 PapaShiz86  Ratings distribution  11,31279/100
 
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06/20/2025 05:17 LammyTS1  Ratings distribution  1,05859/100
 
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01/08/2023 06:50 zags7000  Ratings distribution  20,46864/100
 
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02/18/2022 16:40 Helios  Ratings distribution  6,11970/100
 
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01/22/2022 12:43 NebrotObarb  Ratings distribution  26781/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.1/100, a mean average of 73.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 8.1.

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From 08/21/2019 22:03 | #241507
Mature sounds from this iconic synth-pop mainstay. Not necessarily a dance floor filler, the duo prefer to only lace this ballad strong disc with just a pair of uptempo numbers. This approach works and reveals a grown up side to this previous party band.
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