Half Smiles Of The Decomposed
by Guided By Voices
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Guided By Voices bestography
Half Smiles Of The Decomposed is ranked 15th best out of 65 albums by Guided By Voices on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Guided By Voices is Bee Thousand which is ranked number 563 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,027.
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Half Smiles Of The Decomposed track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Half Smiles Of The Decomposed rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 72 Music Albums of 2004 | 10/72 | 4 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 90 Music Albums of 2004 | 65/90 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 80 Music Albums of 2004 | 68/80 | 1 |
| 2025 | dihansse | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 68/100 | 7 |
| 2024 | Johnnyo | Ohio | 82/84 | - |
| 2024 | dihansse | My Overall Top 1000: 501-600 | 64/100 | - |
| 2022 | larryrrr | Top 86 Music Albums of the 2000s | 14/86 | 17 |
| 2019 | cmoshier | Top 100 Music Albums of 2004 | 84/100 | 1 |
| 2014 | DigitalDreamDoor | Albums of the year 2004 | 97/99 | 0 |
| 2004 | Drowned in Sound | Best Albums 2004 | 11/26 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 11 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 38 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 04/23/2026 00:05 | PapaShiz86 | 11,719 | 79/100 |
| ! | 02/18/2026 21:33 | LittleM1971 | 6,001 | 81/100 |
| ! | 12/24/2025 10:50 | Leginlists | 3,840 | 83/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.0/100, a mean average of 73.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.8.
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NoisyBeast 03/01/2024 21:22 in What album are you listening to right now? dihansse 08/22/2019 21:02 in My discoveries per yearHalf Smiles Of The Decomposed comments
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Very important album, it signifies the end of an era. On the poppier end of their releases, it never fails to entertain. Girls Of Wild Strawberries has a well deserved place among my favorite songs by them.
Standout Tracks;
Window of My World
Girls of Wild Strawberries
Never Gonna Have to Die
Everyone Thinks I'm A Raincloud
Asian Minor
Huffman Prairie Flying Field
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