What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World
by The Decemberists
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What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World is ranked 7th best out of 17 albums by The Decemberists on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Decemberists is The Crane Wife which is ranked number 776 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,217.
(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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What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World 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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| 02/27/2026 23:06 | DaveH68 | 1,363 | 76/100 | |
| 01/26/2026 12:22 | TonySayers61 | 24,135 | 64/100 | |
| 10/18/2025 14:32 | RemainInLight | 3,287 | 36/100 | |
| 10/08/2025 22:01 |  Milhaud | 1,900 | 70/100 | |
| 09/17/2025 17:55 | cicadelic | 12,408 | 73/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 69.8/100, a mean average of 69.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 69.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.0.
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luigybetis 07/10/2022 02:01 | #287235
First half of the album is much better than the second, but it is still a nice album. Better than their previous and next in my opinion, but not as gold as the first 5 ones.
Brad1770 12/13/2017 08:52 | #203050
This was the first Decemberists album that truly resonated with me
This was my number 1 album for 2015 (daylight number 2 )
This album made me delve deep into The Decemberist back catalogue ( I am now a huge Decemberist fan)
This album came along at a very special time in my life and whenever I listen to it I’m transported back to that magical period
This album as I write this in 2020 is now 5 years post release and sounds as good today as it did in 2015
This album has been added to my top 100 All Time Album list
Also, 'A Beginning Song' should be he first song, not the last!
This is a pretty good record. I feel it would have been better if a couple of the songs were left off (anti-summersong, Lake song, 12-17-12). It starts off pretty good but becomes a tad boring towards the end
Another great album - a bit of a grower but still great.
PsychologistHD 07/26/2015 16:00 | #146462
What starts off as charm quickly moves to tedium.
Pretty moderate
A return to form! Exceeded my expectations. More stripped, which is a plus. Don't care for 2 of the tracks but hey often don't like all songs on albums. Good effort! MEZ
This album for me is something that has its equal amounts of good and bad moments. Some songs I really enjoy, some songs I prefer to skip (even finding them annoying), while others rest in between.
I think that the Decemberists are on a path that they believe is the right direction for them to go. This track being away from the past ambitions of "The Crane Wife", which may be a disappointment to a large amount of their fans.
This album felt loosely thrown together, and if certain poor songs were replaced with those that matched ones such as "The Lake Song" or "12-17-12", then I would see this a much greater album than what it ended up being. The Decemberists have potential, showed some potential, however did not display enough to prove that they have changed for the better.
SleepDealer 02/24/2015 12:56 | #135581
This is a welcome return to form after the last couple of disappointing albums, which seemed to be trying too hard to innovate - although there are still much better releases than this in their back-catalogue.
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