Bon Iver 
The best album credited to Bon Iver is For Emma, Forever Ago which is ranked number 118 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 11,039.
Bon Iver is ranked number 76 in the overall artist rankings with a total rank score of 25,492.
Bon Iver official website: http://www.boniver.org
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Bon Iver best albums
The following albums by Bon Iver 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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| ! | 11/23/2025 21:37 | lisalisa | 330 | 71/100 |
| ! | 11/01/2025 03:31 |  LukasAntoine00s | 91 | 69/100 |
| ! | 10/24/2025 22:15 | habibi333 | 34 | 87/100 |
| ! | 08/15/2025 19:00 | pago82 | 1,363 | 67/100 |
| ! | 06/08/2025 19:26 | Invader666 | 337 | 71/100 |
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This artist is rated in the top 2% of all artists on BestEverAlbums.com. This artist has a Bayesian average rating of 81.2/100, a mean average of 80.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.6/100. The standard deviation for this artist is 14.9.
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Excellent voice and sound
1. i,i
2. for emma
3. bon iver
A fantastic artist, difficult to understand at first
flamingyesdept 10/03/2016 23:39 | #176274
The first two albums are good, but 22 A Million is the masterpiece. A fantastic artistic reinvention.
junodog4 10/01/2016 02:02 | #176113
One of the more interesting artists of the last 10 years. Creative force.
Space-Dementia 11/15/2015 01:06 | #152959
I get why everyone loves this guy, but I'm just not really into it. I think I have to be in a specific mood to listen to most of his stuff. Otherwise I just get bored. Except for a select few songs. Specifically, Perth. That song is one of my favorite songs of all time. The part about two and a half minutes in is perfect. Overall, interesting music and I will continue to look out for future albums.
Normally I wouldn't want to give an artist such a high score with such a small discography, but I'll make an exception here since both these albums brighten my days so much.
Gets better with every play.
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I haven't heard the EP in its entirety but I have listened to both of their albums and they are both very good. For Emma is solid and the self-titled album is even better. I think the second album may be the best album of 2011. It is absolutely brilliant; near perfection.
dfulfo01 02/15/2012 16:08 | #36935
I've listened to all of his albums countless times and i like them more with every listen
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