Hello Starling
by Josh Ritter
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Josh Ritter bestography
Hello Starling is ranked 2nd best out of 23 albums by Josh Ritter on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Josh Ritter is The Animal Years which is ranked number 7707 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 163.
(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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Hello Starling track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| 12/21/2025 04:28 |  Kingturtle | 7,579 | 73/100 | |
| 12/11/2025 11:12 | Leginlists | 2,820 | 83/100 | |
| 08/15/2025 10:00 | TonySayers61 | 23,888 | 64/100 | |
| 09/17/2023 13:14 | RemainInLight | 3,234 | 36/100 | |
| 08/13/2023 18:14 | LosWochos | 46,869 | 75/100 |
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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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buzzdainer 02/07/2016 02:46 | #158918
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."
Mercury 03/08/2013 21:45 | #67461
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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