Ben Folds Five 
The best album credited to Ben Folds Five is Whatever And Ever Amen which is ranked number 1,365 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 1,250.
Ben Folds Five is ranked number 730 in the overall artist rankings with a total rank score of 2,340.
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Ben Folds Five best albums
The following albums by Ben Folds Five are ranked highest in the greatest album charts:
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Artist ratings | Avg. artist rating |
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| ! | 08/29/2020 11:20 | platus | 2,111 | 72/100 |
| ! | 04/12/2019 14:51 |  TheDude85 | 363 | 83/100 |
| ! | 08/28/2018 18:52 | vruslov | 751 | 77/100 |
| ! | 02/23/2018 22:25 |  adnielsen | 199 | 75/100 |
| ! | 07/31/2017 18:30 |  covecove | 776 | 77/100 |
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This artist is rated in the top 6% of all artists on BestEverAlbums.com. This artist has a Bayesian average rating of 78.1/100, a mean average of 79.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.1/100. The standard deviation for this artist is 12.5.
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Is that really his name, or did he take it from the Knack's song, Frustrated?
TheDude85 04/12/2019 14:51 | #234836
Clever
flamingyesdept 05/24/2016 11:07 | #166763
Surprised to see Amen above the debut, probably their best album. Ben Folds is a great songwriter, with standouts being Where's Summer B?, The Last Polka, Fair and Don't Change Your Plans.
One of the best! Picked up the piano driven rock baton from Elton John and Billy Joel and ran away with it!
junodog4 10/27/2013 21:48 | #89513
Great artist with clever lyrics. Some songs really ring true for certain contexts.
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