Rules (studio album)
by The Whitest Boy Alive

Rules by The Whitest Boy Alive
Year: 2009
Release date: 2009-02-27
Overall rank: 15,966th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 23 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2009 (297th)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (2,918th)
Award Best albums of all time (15,966th)

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The Whitest Boy Alive bestography

Rules is ranked 2nd best out of 2 albums by The Whitest Boy Alive on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by The Whitest Boy Alive is Dreams which is ranked number 8001 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 155.

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Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 23 votes)
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08/30/2025 21:55 nextorgd  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 1,11284/100
 
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This album is rated in the top 7% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.2/100, a mean average of 76.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.9.

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From 01/16/2022 21:33
Very similar in sound to Dreams but certainly not as good, maybe the novelty had worn off somewhat. My highlights are 1517 and Intentions.
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