Our Endless Numbered Days
by Iron & Wine
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Our Endless Numbered Days is ranked as the best album by Iron & Wine.
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Our Endless Numbered Days track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Our Endless Numbered Days rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  ERadio | 201-300 | 84/100 | - |
| 2026 | stangetzaway | Top 26 Music Albums of 2004 | 16/26 | 2 |
| 2026 |  imimesis | Top 35 Music Albums of 2004 | 13/35 | 3 |
| 2026 |  covecove | Top 100 Music Albums of 2004 | 39/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | Untitled | Top 17 Music Albums of 2004 | 6/17 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Hayden | Top 60 Music Albums of 2004 | 42/60 | 2 |
| 2026 | byuzak | Top 33 Music Albums of 2004 | 14/33 | 3 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | The Glide 20: Our Top Albums Of 2004 | 31/40 | - |
| 2026 |  HelsinkiSnorkel | Top 28 Music Albums of 2004 | 13/28 | 3 |
| 2026 | ERadio | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 19/100 | 16 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 278 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,529 | |||
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Our Endless Numbered Days ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/08/2026 16:11 |  AAL2014 | 4,342 | 75/100 |
| ! | 05/10/2026 03:36 | matterhornrider | 5,204 | 81/100 |
| ! | 03/07/2026 13:35 | BoxFL | 2,766 | 51/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.6/100, a mean average of 75.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.7.
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Our Endless Numbered Days forum mentions
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Our Endless Numbered Days comments
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Hayden TOP 100 COMMENTER 08/03/2011 22:17 | #25667 | TOP COMMENT
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A nice album. Nice for singing along, or as the cover shows, just laying the grass and relaxing to.
Really magical album. It clicked after the third or fourth listen for me, there are some precious lyrics here.
pearljammer13 TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/05/2011 23:38 | #32107 | TOP COMMENT
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Just starting listening to this album a couple days ago. Really enjoying it a lot.
Strangel TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/10/2017 00:43 | #199331 | TOP COMMENT
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This is a truly beautifully poetic album. It is like a more polished version of The Creek Drank The Cradle and is only ranked slightly lower in my All-Time list due to the esteem in which I hold his debut album's stripped back lo-fi intimacy.
JulianR TOP 100 COMMENTER 06/21/2019 02:17 | #237965 | TOP COMMENT
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Strangely enough, I like the albums that bookend this one a little better. Creek Drank the Cradle was of course amazing in its lo-fi beauty, and Shepards Dog took full advantage of the powers of the recording studio while maintaining Beam's intimate songwriting. This album stands on an awkward middle ground, that sometimes eschews the strengths of the aforementioned two, other times combining them into some of his best songs ever. Naked As We Came, Sunset Soon Forgotten, Sodom South Georgia, and Passing Afternoon are all some of the greatest songs of his career, and some I would contend stand in the running for greatest folk songs ever. Others seem to fall flat. Not terribly; they are still enjoyable songs, but they just don't compare. And something about the track listing just feels off. It gives the album an overly-scattered feel. But overall, its a beautiful album, one who's highs are impossible to ignore.
85/100 (Very Good)
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