Bon Iver 
The best album credited to Bon Iver is For Emma, Forever Ago which is ranked number 124 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 10,299.
Bon Iver is ranked number 75 in the overall artist rankings with a total rank score of 24,888.
Bon Iver official website: http://www.boniver.org
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- S. Carey
- Justin Vernon
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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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Bon Iver best tracks
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Bon Iver ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Artist ratings | Avg. artist rating |
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| ! | 03/30/2026 01:39 | thedudeabides | 12 | 78/100 |
| ! | 11/23/2025 21:37 | lisalisa | 330 | 71/100 |
| ! | 11/01/2025 03:31 |  LukasAntoine00s | 91 | 69/100 |
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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 80.9/100, a mean average of 80.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.3/100. The standard deviation for this artist is 16.2.
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Bon Iver forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 4 days ago in Chart of the day (#5455): By ThaCrookedSpoke BestEverAlbums 09/30/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5451): By ffudnebbuh BestEverAlbums 09/25/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5446): By RasmVBon Iver comments
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flamingyesdept TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/03/2016 23:39 | #176274
The first two albums are good, but 22 A Million is the masterpiece. A fantastic artistic reinvention. (Edited)
junodog4 TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/01/2016 02:02 | #176113
One of the more interesting artists of the last 10 years. Creative force. (Edited)
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.
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. (Edited)
