Idlewild
by Everything But The Girl

Idlewild by Everything But The Girl
Year: 1988
Overall rank: 9,101st   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 60 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1988 (126th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (1,308th)
Award Best albums of all time (9,101st)

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Everything But The Girl bestography

Idlewild is ranked 7th best out of 15 albums by Everything But The Girl on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Everything But The Girl is Walking Wounded which is ranked number 2807 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 551.

Everything But The Girl album bestography « Higher ranked (8,819th)
Temperamental
This album (9,101st)
Idlewild
Lower ranked (10,599th) »
Baby The Stars Shine Bright

(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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Idlewild track list

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

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Overall rank: 9,101st | 1980s rank: 1,308th | 1988 rank: 126th

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72/100 (from 60 votes)
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01/13/2026 16:32 Jakor  Ratings distribution  5,18468/100
 
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12/31/2025 08:16 MadhattanJack  Ratings distribution  5,64566/100
 
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11/10/2025 15:19 Hyggevinyl  Ratings distribution  4,25072/100
 
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08/30/2025 14:57 cestuneblague  Ratings distribution  8,03380/100
 
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08/10/2025 05:26 Kingturtle  Ratings distribution  7,55273/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.4/100, a mean average of 71.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.0.

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a soul inspired stark and intimate masterpiece
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