Once (Music From The Motion Picture)
by Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova
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Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova bestography
Once (Music From The Motion Picture) is ranked as the best album by Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova.
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Once (Music From The Motion Picture) track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Once (Music From The Motion Picture) 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 | joathome | Top 62 Music Albums of 2007 | 49/62 | 1 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | KCRW (Nic Harcourt) Albums Of The Year 2007 | 9/9 | - |
| 2026 |  swed | Top 66 Music Albums of the 2000s | 62/66 | 2 |
| 2026 |  AwaitingAndrew | My Favorite Film Scores & Soundtracks | 43/73 | - |
| 2026 | Pavloss | Top 51 Music Albums of the 2000s | 35/51 | 7 |
| 2026 | Altsoul | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 97/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  zwiebel | Top 34 Music Albums of 2007 | 7/34 | 4 |
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 100 Music Albums of 2007 | 91/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Junkmedia Best Albums 2007 | 34/50 | - |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | 100 top soundtracks of all time by DMD | 85/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 35 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 133 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 04/18/2026 23:08 | BorderFreeAndrew | 15,736 | 74/100 |
| ! | 01/20/2025 10:08 | videoheadcleaner | 12,359 | 85/100 |
| ! | 03/02/2023 18:36 | platus | 5,882 | 74/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.1/100, a mean average of 76.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.4.
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HoldenM TOP 100 COMMENTER 03/03/2013 08:33 | #66845 | TOP COMMENT
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For a long time, this was my favorite album of all time. It has since dropped to lower denominations, but that shouldn't disparage how special this album is. While I love the film it is for (it's my favorite movie ever made,) this stands alone as a collection of songs that talk about starting once more, about rebuilding from the ashes, and trying to reconcile the past. It's about aches and pains, and what it takes to get over. This is an album filled with excellent song after excellent song. Go check it out. (Edited)
Its hard to evaluate the music separate from the movie it was made for (which is exceptional), but I still feel like it stands on its own as a strong album. Intensely vulnerable songs.
Beautiful album.
SingingPeasant96 TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/25/2013 01:42 | #82340
BT:"Say It to Me Now"
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