The Alternative To Love
by Brendan Benson
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Brendan Benson bestography
The Alternative To Love is ranked 3rd best out of 9 albums by Brendan Benson on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Brendan Benson is Lapalco which is ranked number 11096 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 108.
(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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The Alternative To Love track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Alternative To Love rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  covecove | Top 100 Music Albums of 2005 | 17/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 86 Music Albums of 2005 | 13/86 | 4 |
| 2025 | davidhuret | Top 17 Music Albums of 2005 | 12/17 | 2 |
| 2025 | dhbarrett | Top 41 Music Albums of 2005 | 41/41 | 0 |
| 2025 |  paladisiac | top 65r albums (63), #0001-0100 | 87/100 | - |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | Top 97 Music Albums of 2005 | 88/97 | 1 |
| 2025 | dihansse | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 87/100 | 3 |
| 2024 |  EyeKanFly | AM Bubbling Under 2000s 08 | 14/100 | - |
| 2024 | paladisiac | 2000s 65rating (64.12-63.13), #001-100* | 29/94 | - |
| 2024 | dihansse | My Overall Top 1000: 701-800 | 14/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 33 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 61 | |||
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The Alternative To Love ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 01/09/2026 10:04 | Leginlists | 3,842 | 83/100 |
| ! | 10/31/2025 18:28 | covecove | 6,708 | 74/100 |
| ! | 11/17/2024 01:31 | dhbarrett | 8,801 | 65/100 |
Rating metrics:
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This album is rated in the top 18% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.8/100, a mean average of 74.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.0.
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The Alternative To Love forum mentions
pedro1976 08/01/2025 19:26 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) pedro1976 04/26/2023 11:26 in What album are you listening to right now? dihansse 10/15/2021 20:03 in My discoveries per yearThe Alternative To Love comments
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Brendan Benson is a songwriting genius. Such a great album to sing along to.
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