Goodbye To Language
by Daniel Lanois
Daniel Lanois bestography
Goodbye To Language is ranked 6th best out of 11 albums by Daniel Lanois on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Daniel Lanois is For The Beauty Of Wynona which is ranked number 7438 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 173.
(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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Goodbye To Language track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Goodbye To Language rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  NowhereMan | Top 16 Music Albums of 2016 | 10/16 | 2 |
| 2026 | NowhereMan | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 81/100 | 4 |
| 2025 |  RockyRaccoon | Top 100 Music Albums of 2016 | 22/100 | 4 |
| 2024 | rkm | Produced by Daniel Lanois | 56/59 | - |
| 2020 |  JulianR | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 76/100 | 9 |
| 2018 | rkm | Top 36 Music Albums of 2016 | 27/36 | 1 |
| 2018 | NowhereMan | Daniel Lanois: RANKED | 2/3 | - |
| 2018 | NowhereMan | Genres Ranked - Ambient//Instrumental//Jazz//Minimalism//Electro | 31/100 | - |
| 2016 | de Volkskrant | Zo klinkt het beste van 2016 | 23/50 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 9 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 23 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 04/18/2025 14:56 | BorderFreeAndrew | 15,593 | 74/100 |
| ! | 03/24/2021 03:40 | Moondance | 20,649 | 72/100 |
| ! | 04/14/2019 18:16 | JulianR | 681 | 80/100 |
| ! | 12/17/2017 21:50 | NowhereMan | 1,448 | 77/100 |
| ! | 03/30/2017 10:27 | rkm | 3,247 | 73/100 |
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JulianR 02/26/2019 19:48 | #232675
Best ambient album I've ever heard? Maybe
JulianR 04/23/2018 01:32 | #213463
Really quite gorgeous. It reminds me a lot of Tim Hecker at times, the way that it is constructed. Sounds kinda waver in and out irregularly yet with total ease, as they do in his work. Definitely worth a listen if you are in to him.
80/100 (Good)
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