Hello Starling
by Josh Ritter

Hello Starling by Josh Ritter
Year: 2003
Overall rank: 8,813th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 25 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2003 (173rd)
Award Top albums of of the 2000s (1,532nd)
Award Best albums of all time (8,813th)

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Josh Ritter bestography

Hello Starling is ranked 2nd best out of 24 albums by Josh Ritter on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Josh Ritter is The Animal Years which is ranked number 7938 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 160.

Josh Ritter album bestography « Higher ranked (7,938th)
The Animal Years
This album (8,813th)
Hello Starling
Lower ranked (9,557th) »
The Historical Conquests Of Josh Ritter

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Hello Starling rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 8,813th | 2000s rank: 1,532nd | 2003 rank: 173rd

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Hello Starling ratings

Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 25 votes)
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12/21/2025 04:28 Kingturtle  Ratings distribution  7,57973/100
 
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08/13/2023 18:14 LosWochos  Ratings distribution  47,25975/100

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This album is rated in the top 6% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.5/100, a mean average of 74.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.6.

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From 02/07/2016 02:46 | #158918 | TOP COMMENT
My favorite album by the artist I've listened to more than any other over the past fifteen years or so. Beautifully crafted lyrics in the Americana singer/songwriter vein. "Kathleen" is the highlight here, with one of the all-time most romantic opening lines: "All the other girls here are stars; you are the Northern Lights."
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From 03/08/2013 21:45 | #67461 | TOP COMMENT
If you like singer-songwriters and just really good poetic songwriting you'll love this album. There are very few weak tracks here and the highlights are incredible. "Kathleen", "Baby That's not All", "Bright Smile" are incredible. It's an 8.6/10 for me.
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