The Stand Ins
by Okkervil River
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Okkervil River bestography
The Stand Ins is ranked 4th best out of 13 albums by Okkervil River on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Okkervil River is Black Sheep Boy which is ranked number 3162 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 484.
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The Stand Ins track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Stand Ins rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 2008 | 22/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 100 Music Albums of 2008 | 51/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | The Hype Machine Music Blog Zeitgeist 2008 | 24/50 | - |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 2008 | 59/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 86 Music Albums of 2008 | 63/86 | 1 |
| 2026 |  ssteve | Top 44 Music Albums of 2008 | 31/44 | 2 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Delusions Of Adequacy Top 50 of 2008 | 10/51 | - |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | top 60r albums (60), #0001-0100* | 24/66 | - |
| 2025 |  cestuneblague | Top 100 Music Albums of 2008 | 66/100 | 2 |
| 2025 | Imaybeparanoid | Top 99 Music Albums of 2008 | 22/99 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 67 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 141 | |||
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The Stand Ins ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/09/2026 22:54 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,426 | 70/100 |
| ! | 03/09/2026 16:45 |  Milhaud | 2,171 | 71/100 |
| ! | 09/30/2025 11:10 | TonySayers61 | 26,006 | 64/100 |
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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 74.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.6.
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dihansse 06/29/2022 20:41 in My discoveries per yearThe Stand Ins comments
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paladisiac TOP 100 COMMENTER 06/28/2012 16:10 | #45535 | TOP COMMENT
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This is one of a handful of cases where their album was just as good, and highly similar stylistically, as their last album; and yet, i liked the album a bit less because i've become a bit tired of the "formula". This is simply a "ho hum / show me something new" reaction to an otherwise solid bookend to "The Stage Names". They continue writing songs in the perspective of "people in the limelight". Pop Lie is the best track. Now if they could give me the uncompromising darkness of "Black Sheep Boy" with the matured song-craft of "The Stage Names"/"The Stand-Ins", then i'd be SET.
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