Beat The Champ
by The Mountain Goats
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The Mountain Goats bestography
Beat The Champ is ranked 6th best out of 39 albums by The Mountain Goats on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Mountain Goats is The Sunset Tree which is ranked number 1476 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,160.
(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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Beat The Champ track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Beat The Champ 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 | xhitmanx | Top 27 Music Albums of 2015 | 21/27 | 1 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 100 Music Albums of 2015 | 31/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2015 | 61/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | daCritic | Top 25 Music Albums of 2015 | 20/25 | 1 |
| 2026 |  goeie-oko | Top 19 Music Albums of 2015 | 10/19 | 3 |
| 2026 | Lacobra | Top 24 Music Albums of 2015 | 23/24 | 0 |
| 2025 | PapaShiz86 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2015 | 81/100 | 1 |
| 2025 | cicadelic | Robert Christgau: Dean's List 2015 | 53/84 | - |
| 2025 |  Igtonumama | Top 100 Music Albums of 2015 | 84/100 | 1 |
| 2025 |  seb7 | Top 19 Music Albums of 2015 | 4/19 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 66 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 175 | |||
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Beat The Champ ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 3 days ago | juanr1096 | 6,311 | 78/100 |
| ! | 09/10/2026 23:25 | xhitmanx | 1,604 | 75/100 |
| ! | 07/13/2026 02:29 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,898 | 70/100 |
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album is rated in the top 25% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.5/100, a mean average of 73.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.4.
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Beat The Champ forum mentions
Cheddar 07/01/2026 04:16 in Random Album Diary
reverendgreen 12/29/2015 17:00 in What album are you listening to right now?
pearljammer13 12/09/2015 20:18 in Your Top Albums of 2015Beat The Champ comments
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pearljammer13 TOP 100 COMMENTER 06/12/2015 23:32 | #143736 | TOP COMMENT
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I really hope this climbs the 2015 rankings, it deserves to be much higher than 39th. This is actually my first exposure to The Mountain Goats, and I'm now working through their back catalogue. Seems to be full of gems I wish I'd found a lot sooner.
This album is such a fun concept! Taking wrestling and making it more human than entertainment is a wild ride, and results in some of the most memorable Mountain Goats material to date.
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