Retriever (studio album)
by Ron Sexsmith

Retriever by Ron Sexsmith
Year: 2004
Release date: 2004-04-06
Overall rank: 22,825th   
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 23 votes)
     
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Award Top albums of 2004 (402nd)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (4,267th)
Award Best albums of all time (22,825th)

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Ron Sexsmith bestography

Retriever is ranked 5th best out of 17 albums by Ron Sexsmith on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Ron Sexsmith is Ron Sexsmith which is ranked number 6705 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 191.

Ron Sexsmith album bestography « Higher ranked (21,750th)
Blue Boy
This album (22,825th)
Retriever
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Exit Strategy Of The Soul

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Retriever track list

   The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Retriever rankings

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Overall rank: 22,825th | 2000s rank: 4,267th | 2004 rank: 402nd

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75/100 (from 23 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 11% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.8/100, a mean average of 75.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.5.

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Canadian Folk Singer dedicated this 2004 album to Johnny Cash, June Carter Cash and Elliott Smith. One can hear the influences of each artist in the music and lyrics. Sexsmith is a bit of a forlorn troubadour throughout, writing some tearjerkers and also adding some passion in the singer/songwriter motif.
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