Winter Wheat
by John K. Samson
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Winter Wheat is ranked as the best album by John K. Samson.
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Winter Wheat track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Winter Wheat 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 | cicadelic | Exclaim! Top 10 Folk & Country Albums 2016 | 2/10 | - |
| 2025 | Moondance | My top 100 artists/albums: Canada | 93/98 | - |
| 2025 |  flamingyesdept | Top 55 Music Albums of 2016 | 43/55 | 1 |
| 2025 | AlienCinema | Top 99 Music Albums of 2016 | 29/99 | 4 |
| 2024 |  jhuik | Top 43 Music Albums of 2016 | 21/43 | 3 |
| 2023 |  Xxnu99etxX | John K. Samson Discography Ranked | 4/4 | - |
| 2023 | Xxnu99etxX | Top 57 Music Albums of 2016 | 13/57 | 4 |
| 2021 | scoob73 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 47/100 | 11 |
| 2020 | panapsal | Top 100 Music Albums of 2016 | 45/100 | 3 |
| 2020 | Giant2015 | Top 50 Music Albums of 2016 | 48/50 | 0 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 18 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 62 | |||
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Winter Wheat ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 11/17/2023 16:15 | zomg101 | 2,227 | 69/100 |
| ! | 01/28/2023 20:34 | LosWochos | 47,668 | 75/100 |
| ! | 12/30/2022 21:56 | northropfrye | 457 | 78/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 25% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.3/100, a mean average of 74.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.0.
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It is difficult to find the right words as The Weakerthans is my favorite band. Of course the lyrics and the melodies are great as they always used to be. But with this album I realised the big influence of the band members on the music. From instrumental point of view it is a little bit too simple and boring, nthing suprises you, nothings keeps your interest high. Still good
Canadian Singer-Songwriter John K. Samson’s sophomore solo effort builds on the themes, motifs and sounds of both his solo and Weakerthans work, while taking influence from fellow Winnipeger Neil Young to create an extremely interesting and lyrically diverse album.
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