The Silver Gymnasium
by Okkervil River
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Okkervil River bestography
The Silver Gymnasium is ranked 3rd best out of 13 albums by Okkervil River on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Okkervil River is Black Sheep Boy which is ranked number 3152 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 486.
(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 Silver Gymnasium track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Silver Gymnasium 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 | joathome | Top 94 Music Albums of 2013 | 20/94 | 4 |
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 100 Music Albums of 2013 | 55/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 67 Music Albums of 2013 | 49/67 | 1 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | 2010s 65rating (61), #001-100* | 8/16 | - |
| 2026 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 2013 | 34/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top albums of the 10’s (501 - 600) | 12/18 | - |
| 2026 | paladisiac | top 65r albums (61), #0101-0200* | 42/95 | - |
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Top 92 Music Albums of 2013 | 63/92 | 2 |
| 2026 |  greatson | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 88/100 | 3 |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | Top 75 Music Albums of 2013 | 50/75 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 44 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 208 | |||
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The Silver Gymnasium ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 03/19/2026 11:43 | Leginlists | 3,837 | 83/100 |
| ! | 01/02/2026 15:09 | TonySayers61 | 25,473 | 64/100 |
| ! | 05/17/2025 11:08 | videoheadcleaner | 12,361 | 85/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.7/100, a mean average of 70.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.1.
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Purplepash 11/28/2020 02:34 in What album are you listening to right now?The Silver Gymnasium comments
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John mellencamp??? Ahahaha
buzzdainer 02/07/2016 00:25 | #158913 | TOP COMMENT
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I've listened to this album more than any other since its release in 2013. It's a criminally underrated record, though I understand that not all listeners will identify with it as much as I do. It's the only record I've ever heard that attempts to capture--and does so brilliantly--what it was like to grow up in rural New England in the eighties. Thank you, Will Sheff, for telling the story of my childhood, and doing it with such grace, humor, and sensitivity. "Down Down the Deep River" is the obvious highlight here, but it's just one of several outstanding tracks.
Down the Deep River is a brilliant song. Honestly, that song alone is worth giving the album a shot.
Okkervil River's version of the Suburbs, and only fails by virtue of it being 2nd. Amazing record nonetheless.
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