Dark Was The Night
by Various Artists
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Dark Was The Night rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Romanelli | Top 55 Music Albums of 2009 | 40/55 | 1 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | top 65r albums (65), #0301-0400* | 14/79 | - |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 100 Music Albums of 2009 | 45/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | Romanelli | My Overall Chart: 2101-2200 | 34/100 | - |
| 2026 | blueandthemoon | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 90/100 | 11 |
| 2026 |  MadhattanJack | Top 82 Music Albums of 2009 | 23/82 | 4 |
| 2026 | blueandthemoon | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 55/100 | 9 |
| 2026 | blueandthemoon | Top 57 Music Albums of 2009 | 2/57 | 5 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 2009 | 73/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  briggs54 | Top 75 Music Albums of 2009 | 69/75 | 0 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 49 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 117 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 02/26/2026 02:43 | imacgill | 2,883 | 79/100 |
| ! | 02/02/2026 09:15 | Leginlists | 3,845 | 83/100 |
| ! | 11/11/2025 20:20 |  Milhaud | 2,171 | 71/100 |
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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 77.3/100, a mean average of 77.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.9.
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Dark Was The Night forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 07/10/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5369): By blueandthemoonView latest topic →
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paladisiac TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/03/2012 20:25 | #34333 | TOP COMMENT
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It's difficult for compilations to work -- soundtrack songs are often forced and soundtracks are usually padded with "incidental" instrumental music, covers compilations often pale in comparison to the original songs and other compilations, even if stacked with good songs, usually don't sound like cohesive ALBUMS. But this is the rare instance where a compilation album, and a TWO CD compilation at that, is not only packed with good songs but also feels like a collaborative effort with album-vision oversight, even with the usual compilation oddities of old-time performers combining with new stars (the dirty projectors create their best song this side of "stillness is the move" with david byrne), oddball covers (I really hope sufjan stevens follows the muse that created the castanets cover) and touching duets (that feist & ben gibbard duet is quite affecting). (Edited)
benpaco 08/15/2013 20:58 | #84002 | TOP COMMENT
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Found this totally accidentally after watching The Blind Side. Really glad I found it, though, as I really love a lot of these songs, especially anything with Jose Gonzales, Sufjan Stevens, Justin Vernon, or Iron and Wine.
Best compilation album ever!
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