Hobo Rocket
by Pond (AU)

Album
Hobo Rocket by Pond
Year: 2013
Release date: 2013-08-06
Overall rank: 15,755th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 38 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2013 (366th)
Award Top albums of of the 2010s (3,307th)
Award Best albums of all time (15,755th)

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Pond bestography

Hobo Rocket is ranked 5th best out of 13 albums by Pond on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Pond is Man It Feels Like Space Again which is ranked number 4362 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 332.

Pond album bestography « Higher ranked (14,189th)
Tasmania This album (15,755th)
Hobo Rocket Lower ranked (24,551st) »
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Hobo Rocket rankings

Hobo Rocket rankings summary
Overall rank: 15,755th | 2010s rank: 3,307th | 2013 rank: 366th  Overall chart history
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Hobo Rocket ratings

Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 38 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 10% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.7/100, a mean average of 75.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.4.


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Hobo Rocket forum mentions

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From BestEverAlbums 10/22/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5473): By Purplepash
“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s by Purplepash () 1. by (2016) 2. by (2016) 4. by (2017) 5. by (2018) 6. by by (2018) 8. by (2014) 9. by by (2018) 11. by (2017) 12. by (2013) 13. by (2010) 14. by (2017) 15. by (2016) 16. by (2016) 17. by (2017) 18. by (2013) 19. by (2016)…”
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90/100
From 11/21/2013 07:04 | #93866
Short in length, yet still 'Hobo Rocket' is a 30 minute spontaneous carving well worth the listen.
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From 08/21/2018 05:40 | #219930
Some essential Pond tracks with Aloneaflameaflower, Giant Tortoise, and Midnight Mass. Short but solid album.
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From 04/23/2014 13:51 | #109838
THIS album is the shit! DAYUM
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