The Bearer Of Bad News
by Andy Shauf
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Andy Shauf bestography
The Bearer Of Bad News is ranked 2nd best out of 7 albums by Andy Shauf on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Andy Shauf is The Party which is ranked number 4835 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 293.
(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 Bearer Of Bad News track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Bearer Of Bad News rankings
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 2 hours ago).
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | notsquib | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 39/100 | 60 |
| 2026 | joathome | Top 80 Music Albums of 2012 | 49/80 | 2 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 2012 | 66/92 | - |
| 2026 |  Leonard | Top 100 Music Albums of 2012 | 2/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | Leonard | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 81/100 | 19 |
| 2026 | Leonard | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 23/100 | 16 |
| 2025 |  Patman360 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2012 | 100/100 | 0 |
| 2024 | Leonard | The Third Album | 46/92 | - |
| 2023 | ThuramThugood | Ranked - Andy Shauf (CAN) - Ranked | 2/7 | - |
| 2023 | notsquib | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 3/100 | 20 |
| 2022 | MahlonBast | Top 40 Greatest Music Albums | 9/40 | 47 |
| 2021 |  ghosttomost | Top 60 Music Albums of 2012 | 51/60 | 1 |
| 2021 | kelseyconnelly | Top 32 Music Albums of 2012 | 20/32 | 2 |
| 2021 |  linusishungry | Top 49 Music Albums of the 2010s | 47/49 | 1 |
| 2020 |  jnfbn | Top 84 Music Albums of 2012 | 24/84 | 4 |
| 2018 | tylerrichart | Top 38 Greatest Music Albums | 5/38 | 14 |
| 2015 | Heaven Magazine | Beste albums van 2015 | 74/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 17 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 190 | |||
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The Bearer Of Bad News ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 03/09/2026 16:31 | Leginlists | 3,753 | 83/100 |
| ! | 12/21/2025 14:51 | TonySayers61 | 25,134 | 64/100 |
| ! | 06/20/2024 02:21 |  DriftingOrpheus | 730 | 81/100 |
| ! | 10/05/2023 09:42 | fabm0 | 7,010 | 58/100 |
| ! | 06/17/2023 18:13 |  Tamthebam | 23,146 | 69/100 |
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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 73.6/100, a mean average of 74.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.4.
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Leonard 06/26/2015 13:09 | #144623 | TOP COMMENT
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This record is a great surprise. Andy Shauf doesnt have a really great voice. He tells you some morbid storys. The production is excellent plain. You hear a Piano a clarinet or a cello, the drums sound like in the late seventies.
My favorite record in the 2010s so far!
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