Divers
by Joanna Newsom
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Joanna Newsom bestography
Divers is ranked 4th best out of 7 albums by Joanna Newsom on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Joanna Newsom is Ys which is ranked number 176 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 8,214.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Divers track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 84 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Top-rated track as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members.
Divers rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Hayden | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 55/100 | 9 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 43 Music Albums of 2015 | 13/43 | 4 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Blow Up Critics Playlist 2015 | 26/50 | - |
| 2026 |  ssteve | Top 49 Music Albums of 2015 | 14/49 | 4 |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2015 | 14/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Slate Best albums 2015 | 19/25 | - |
| 2026 |  covecove | Favorite Albums 300-201 | 47/100 | - |
| 2026 |  baystateoftheart | Top 100 Music Albums of 2015 | 12/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 2015 | 4/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  giulius06 | Top 97 Greatest Music Albums | 5/97 | 93 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 399 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 2,152 | |||
Divers collection
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Divers ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 5 days ago | ASOARE | 2,499 | 77/100 |
| ! | 03/10/2026 12:30 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,672 | 70/100 |
| ! | 03/05/2026 15:36 | Map | 524 | 81/100 |
Rating metrics:
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 80.3/100, a mean average of 79.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.1.
Divers favourites
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Divers forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 09/01/2026 16:00 in Monthly overall chart movements BestEverAlbums 08/01/2026 16:00 in Monthly overall chart movements BestEverAlbums 07/31/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5390): By eclabDivers comments
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Working my way through the best rated album of each year, I have reached 2015 and swung by this entry to leave my regards and move on to something I'm not familiar with. Then I find myself just putting the album on. Just one more listen. Yet, after all why not? Why shouldn't I listen to it? Now it comes to it, I don't feel like parting with it, its mine, I found it, it came to me!
Anyway. Musically perfect, lyrically perfect. (Edited)
I got past the initial fear of Joanna’s mewly voice a long time ago and quickly became aware of how phenomenal a musician she is. But just as I was questioning what new ideas she could present, Divers came along and showed me that while she might not be able to shake off her granola image, she’s definitely a modern artist.
Best track: You Will Not Take My Heart Alive. From the harp trills and melismata to the ominous synth towards the end, this is one of her greatest pieces of music.
Not some of her best work, but undeniably consistently beautiful throughout with no clear weak tracks. A great piece of art.
A very good album but still probably Joanna Newsom's weakest so far. Not as quirky and strong as, milk eyed mender, and not as gloriously ambitious as, ys, and, have one on me, still, a weaker Joanna Newsom record is still pretty fantastic and I'm sure there is a lot more to come from her, but this is my least favourite one of her records to date.
Anecdotes made me listen through the whole album.
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