Hello Starling
by Josh Ritter
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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 8045 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 157.
(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).
Hello Starling rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 2003 | 43/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | top albums, #2601-2700* | 48/82 | - |
| 2025 |  buzzdainer | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 3/100 | 80 |
| 2025 | paladisiac | 2000s, #401-500* | 8/22 | - |
| 2025 |  HelsinkiSnorkel | Top 31 Music Albums of 2003 | 26/31 | 1 |
| 2025 | mostlymor | Top 100 Music Albums of 2003 | 67/100 | 2 |
| 2024 | buzzdainer | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 1/100 | 20 |
| 2024 | weston | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 35/100 | 13 |
| 2024 | buzzdainer | Top 75 Music Albums of 2003 | 1/75 | 5 |
| 2023 | ThuramThugood | Ranked - Josh Ritter (US) - Ranked | 6/21 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 18 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 137 | |||
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Hello Starling ratings
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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 | 3,845 | 83/100 |
| ! | 08/15/2025 10:00 | TonySayers61 | 26,006 | 64/100 |
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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.
Hello Starling forum mentions
paladisiac 07/18/2016 15:45 in What album are you listening to right now?Hello Starling comments
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Mercury TOP 100 COMMENTER 03/08/2013 21:45 | #67461 | TOP COMMENT
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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.
buzzdainer TOP 100 COMMENTER 02/07/2016 02:46 | #158918 | TOP COMMENT
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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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