About A Boy
by Badly Drawn Boy
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Badly Drawn Boy bestography
About A Boy is ranked 3rd best out of 9 albums by Badly Drawn Boy on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Badly Drawn Boy is The Hour Of Bewilderbeast which is ranked number 1823 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 935.
(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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About A Boy track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
About A Boy rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  mutley88 | Best Ever Soundtracks Pt 1 | 55/70 | - |
| 2026 | Tuur | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 19/100 | 81 |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 58 Music Albums of 2002 | 54/58 | 0 |
| 2026 | wizardalien | Manchester, so much to answer for | 42/58 | - |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 89 Music Albums of 2002 | 24/89 | 4 |
| 2026 | wizardalien | Top 24 Music Albums of 2002 | 18/24 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Repo | Top 56 Music Albums of 2002 | 55/56 | 0 |
| 2025 |  desh79 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2002 | 92/100 | 0 |
| 2025 | DJStuart79 | Top 99 Music Albums of 2002 | 59/99 | 2 |
| 2025 |  Igtonumama | Top 100 Music Albums of 2002 | 27/100 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 47 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 213 | |||
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About A Boy ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/16/2026 16:48 |  EyeKanFly | 9,059 | 65/100 |
| ! | 05/14/2026 14:34 | tim0505 | 4,418 | 82/100 |
| ! | 02/27/2026 20:31 | LittleM1971 | 6,010 | 81/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.5/100, a mean average of 72.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.6.
About A Boy forum mentions
pedro1976 02/04/2024 17:06 in What album are you listening to right now?
Romanelli 07/11/2022 15:52 in Albums You Added To Your Collection Today dihansse 09/22/2021 19:32 in My discoveries per yearAbout A Boy comments
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I find soundtracks are usually not very good albums, but this one is an exception. He released two good albums in one year (and they were both pretty much double albums). Very impressive. Highlights are Silent Sigh, Minor Incident (great song) and Something To Talk About.
Donna & Blitzen, Silent Sigh, and File Me Away are 3 fabulous track that help make this soundtrack fairly special.
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