Way To Normal (studio album) by Ben Folds

Way To Normal by Ben Folds
Year: 2008
Release date: 2008-09-30
Overall rank: 5,699th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 37 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2008 (96th)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (1,015th)
Award Best albums of all time (5,699th)
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Ben Folds bestography

Way To Normal is ranked 4th best out of 9 albums by Ben Folds on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Ben Folds is Rockin' The Suburbs which is ranked number 2047 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 818.

Ben Folds album bestography « Higher ranked (5,431st) This album (5,699th) Lower ranked (7,536th) »
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Way To Normal track list

  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 37 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 16% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.5/100, a mean average of 75.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.5.

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From 01/28/2020 22:00
First Ben Folds album I owned (actually had a friend burn me copy- remember burning CDs?). Anyway, this was a fun but poignant album about relationships, stray observations of stardom, and experiences in Japan. Probably not his best work, but still enjoyable!

Best Tracks: Cologne, You Don't Know Me, Effington, Bitch Went Nuts, Hiroshima
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