The Slow Wonder
by A.C. Newman

The Slow Wonder by A.C. Newman
Year: 2004
Release date: 2004-06-08
Overall rank: 12,667th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 34 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2004 (199th)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (2,260th)
Award Best albums of all time (12,667th)

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The Slow Wonder is ranked as the best album by A.C. Newman.

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Overall rank: 12,667th | 2000s rank: 2,260th | 2004 rank: 199th
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2026 PurplepashTop 67 Music Albums of 200441/672
2026blueandthemoonTop 78 Music Albums of 200446/782
2026JohnnyoAlbums of the year 2004 by Prefixmag17/100 -
2026cicadelicThe Glide 20: Our Top Albums Of 200434/40 -
2026SkernsTop 87 Music Albums of 200473/871
2025 paladisiactop 65r albums (62), #0401-0500*24/99 -
2024 meccaleccaTop 43 Music Albums of 200437/431
2024 EyeKanFlyAM Bubbling Under 2000s 0622/100 -
2023 paladisiacTop 100 Music Albums of 200459/1002
2023BorderFreeAndrewLooking For the Magic - The 50 Best Power Pop Albums47/50 -
2022saacsquatchTop 48 Music Albums of 200413/484
2022 paladisiac2000s 65rating (62), #001-10075/100 -
2022replacementlevelTop 50 Music Albums of 200445/501
2022larryrrrTop 86 Music Albums of the 2000s77/862
2021 MercuryTop 46 Music Albums of 200421/463
2020 jnfbnTop 100 Music Albums of 200434/1003
2020gloriousgooTop 18 Music Albums of 200415/181
2020Giant2015Top 53 Music Albums of 200432/532
2019 pearljammer13Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s86/1003
2019cmoshierTop 100 Music Albums of 200445/1003
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 40
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 93
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Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 34 votes)
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05/09/2026 23:16 Repo  Ratings distribution  2,20085/100
 
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09/13/2024 14:56 thepurplemartin  Ratings distribution  55476/100
 
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04/16/2024 17:44 cicadelic  Ratings distribution  13,05673/100
 
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05/07/2023 19:09 zags7000  Ratings distribution  20,46864/100
 
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05/06/2023 18:03 BorderFreeAndrew  Ratings distribution  15,45474/100

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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.5/100, a mean average of 77.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.2.

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85/100
From 03/14/2017 02:44 | #187392
Easily the best power-pop project of 2004. It's nice to see that Newman can create something on par with his peers. Such a pretty album.
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From 12/10/2011 04:44 | #32579
A.C. Newman's "slow wonder" will appropriately remind you of the new pornographers, Carl Newman being the primary writer/ringleader. with nearly every song as catchy as the last, full of guitar hooks and overabundant choruses. The album obviously feels like its emanating from one voice, but outside of the absence of neko ("replaced" by sara wheeler), it's a little more of a personal, more multi-instrumental stamp on the new porn sound he helped found. A couple of the tracks on here are slower numbers; not necessarily ballads, but slower-paced than the majority of new porn material.
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