Noble Beast
by Andrew Bird
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Andrew Bird bestography
Noble Beast is ranked 5th best out of 24 albums by Andrew Bird on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Andrew Bird is Andrew Bird & The Mysterious Production Of Eggs which is ranked number 1758 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 972.
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Noble Beast track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Noble Beast rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 72 Music Albums of 2009 | 38/72 | 2 |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Top 62 Music Albums of 2009 | 35/62 | 2 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Hype Machine Music Blog Zeitgeist Top 50 Albums of 2009 | 27/50 | - |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | top albums, #0701-0800* | 72/79 | - |
| 2026 |  DommeDamian | Scaruffi Best Albums of 2009 | 27/56 | - |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 95 Music Albums of 2009 | 82/95 | 1 |
| 2026 | DommeDamian | Wack Album Syndrome: A | 40/76 | - |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 87 Music Albums of 2009 | 59/87 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Glitterboiii | Top 50 Music Albums of 2009 | 31/50 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Norman Bates | Top 100 Music Albums of 2009 | 40/100 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 97 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 192 | |||
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Noble Beast ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/19/2026 04:00 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,702 | 70/100 |
| ! | 02/27/2026 23:43 | DaveH68 | 1,363 | 76/100 |
| ! | 12/07/2025 16:09 | Araldo | 1,472 | 80/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.7/100, a mean average of 76.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.1.
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Noble Beast forum mentions
Romanelli 08/29/2022 23:08 in What Song Are You Listening To Right Now? Romanelli 03/07/2022 20:10 in Albums You Added To Your Collection Today RockyRaccoon 01/21/2015 14:15 in What album are you listening to right now?Noble Beast comments
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This album is at times both brilliant and frustrating. Oh No, Fitz and Dizzyspells and Effigy are remarkably pretty and melodic songs. Masterswarm and Souverian are lengthier tracks, with interesting structures and moments of smart complexity. On the other side of things, the album is held back by sections that fall into bland faceless folky-indieness, or rely to much on witty wordplay instead of Andrew Bird's compositional talent.
paladisiac TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/09/2011 18:12 | #32493 | TOP COMMENT
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Just as solid as his previous album. It might as well be a sequel. Consistent-but-not-great, so it's probable this will be overlooked by more ambitious albums later on. He has a way with twisting english idioms apparent in track names like "anoanimal", "souverian" and "nomenclature". He continues to be a clever songwriter.
louisjwyatt TOP 100 COMMENTER 02/06/2015 02:41 | #134084 | TOP COMMENT
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His best album by far. If the whistling in Oh No doesn't grab you right away, goddamn.
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