Because I Was In Love
by Sharon Van Etten

Because I Was In Love by Sharon Van Etten
Year: 2009
Release date: 2009-05-26
Overall rank: 8,871st   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 28 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2009 (154th)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (1,564th)
Award Best albums of all time (8,871st)

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Sharon Van Etten bestography

Because I Was In Love is ranked 5th best out of 8 albums by Sharon Van Etten on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Sharon Van Etten is Remind Me Tomorrow which is ranked number 1179 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 886.

Sharon Van Etten album bestography « Higher ranked (4,239th)
We've Been Going About This All Wrong
This album (8,871st)
Because I Was In Love
Lower ranked (10,101st) »
Epic

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Because I Was In Love track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Because I Was In Love rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 8,871st | 2000s rank: 1,564th | 2009 rank: 154th
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2026LittleM1971Top 86 Music Albums of 200915/864
2026 Norman BatesTop 100 Music Albums of 200949/1003
2026 TamthebamTop 95 Music Albums of 200966/952
2026 imacgillTop 100 Music Albums of 200962/1002
2026 RepoTop 27 Music Albums of 20093/275
2025 IgtonumamaTop 100 Music Albums of 200993/1000
2025ThuramThugoodRanked - Sharon Van Etten (Solo Only) - Ranked6/8 -
2025 zags7000Top 100 Music Albums of 200953/1002
2025ThuramThugoodRanked - Sharon Van Etten incl.collabs w/TAT - Ranked7/9 -
2024cronadigallinaTop 100 Music Albums of 200918/1004
2024cmoshierTop 100 Music Albums of 20093/1005
2021pedrogrokeTop 35 Greatest Music Albums5/3549
2019 SleepDealerTop 30 Music Albums of 20099/304
2019 SleepDealerTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s90/100 -
2018OstrichGoatTop 29 Music Albums of 20093/295
2018blackflag29Top 43 Music Albums of 200919/433
2018OstrichGoatTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s66/100 -
2017PeppermintTop 50 Greatest Music Albums19/506
2015pentapolinTop 49 Music Albums of the 2000s29/49 -
2014 Norman BatesSongwriting, year zero53/72 -
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 21
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 96
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76/100 (from 28 votes)
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10/10/2025 09:00 TonySayers61  Ratings distribution  24,38964/100
 
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08/15/2025 14:43 Igtonumama  Ratings distribution  10,78963/100
 
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04/30/2025 18:53 LittleM1971  Ratings distribution  5,94781/100
 
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02/19/2025 17:18 dukeboxkool  Ratings distribution  2,14972/100
 
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05/19/2024 06:06 zags7000  Ratings distribution  20,46864/100

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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.8/100, a mean average of 77.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 7.2.

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