Beat The Champ (studio album)
by The Mountain Goats

Beat The Champ by The Mountain Goats
Year: 2015
Release date: 2015-04-07
Overall rank: 7,322nd   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 82 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2015 (148th)
Award Top albums of the 2010s (1,425th)
Award Best albums of all time (7,322nd)

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The Mountain Goats bestography

Beat The Champ is ranked 5th best out of 35 albums by The Mountain Goats on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by The Mountain Goats is The Sunset Tree which is ranked number 1406 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,210.

The Mountain Goats album bestography « Higher ranked (7,322nd)
Beat The Champ
This album (7,322nd)
Beat The Champ
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Beat The Champ track list

  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Beat The Champ ratings

Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 82 votes)
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n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
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11/04/2025 23:14 Moondance  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 19,70672/100
 
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01/29/2025 17:14 daCritic  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 4,36273/100
 
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12/06/2024 23:23 EyeKanFly  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 7,97565/100
 
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10/31/2024 04:11 seb7  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 1,51680/100

Rating metrics: Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
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This album is rated in the top 22% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.8/100, a mean average of 74.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.4.

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From 11/10/2021 18:58
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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From 06/12/2015 23:32
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.
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