Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid (Original Soundtrack Recording)
by Bob Dylan
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Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid (Original Soundtrack Recording) is ranked 34th best out of 81 albums by Bob Dylan on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Bob Dylan is Highway 61 Revisited which is ranked number 29 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 24,869.
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Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid (Original Soundtrack Recording) track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid (Original Soundtrack Recording) rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 61 Music Albums of 1973 | 34/61 | 2 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1973 | 55/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Liedzeit | Top 86 Music Albums of 1973 | 59/86 | 2 |
| 2026 |  NowhereMan | Top 28 Music Albums of 1973 | 24/28 | 1 |
| 2026 | byuzak | Top 45 Music Albums of 1973 | 31/45 | 2 |
| 2026 | trajis | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 98/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  mutley88 | Best Ever Soundtracks Pt 1 | 29/70 | - |
| 2026 | stangetzaway | Top 58 Music Albums of 1973 | 53/58 | 1 |
| 2026 | NowhereMan | Bob Dylan - RANKED | 17/19 | - |
| 2026 |  Squonk007 | Top 23 Music Albums of 1973 | 15/23 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 112 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 161 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 04/17/2026 19:16 | LittleM1971 | 6,016 | 81/100 |
| ! | 01/02/2026 00:39 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,717 | 70/100 |
| ! | 11/02/2025 23:59 |  Larcx13 | 2,868 | 74/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 69.4/100, a mean average of 67.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 69.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.8.
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RoundTheBend TOP 100 COMMENTER 03/08/2013 21:48 | #67464 | TOP COMMENT
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This is probably my favorite Dylan album... can you believe it... I couldn't either. I don't know if it is because he doesn't sing much on it, or what, but I actually enjoy all of it... every bit of it... hmmm, still kinda shocking to me. (Edited)
Dylan's soundtrack to Sam Peckinpah's, pat Garrett and the Billy the kid, in which Bob also featured in an acting role. The music, half of it is mellow acoustic instrumentals, and the other half, vocal tracks. Of the vocal tracks, the most famous is off course the classic, knockin' on heaven's door,an intimate death anthem, a million miles away from the dreadful bombastic power ballad Guns'n'Roses turned it into in the early nineties. There's other vocal tracks in, Billy 3, which is pleasant enough, Billy 4, and, Billy 5,(Bob obviously thought long and hard about the titles), and some la-la-la vocals appear on, river theme. Of the instrumentals, Turkey Chase, is fun, final theme is excellent, and opener, main title theme is very good. In the right mood, this is a very relaxing and enjoyable album. Not bad at all.
Knockin' on Heaven's Door and a bunch of boring soundtrack music. (Edited)
A good soundtrack to a pretty crappy movie. It's nice to hear Mr. Dylan not in competition with himself. He sounds relaxed and loose, like he's actually having a good time. (Edited)
sszwalbenest 11/16/2021 14:39 | #276352 | TOP COMMENT
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While I would not exactly choose to listen to this album on its own, it functions as an amazing soundtrack to the movie. The instrumentals suit it nicely, and the vocal tracks are only placed where they can achieve poignancy. Knockin on Heaven's Door is of course a classic, but the Billy tracks are also pretty great and provide some nice shape to the soundtrack. Also, this movie is a worthy watch!
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