The Sunset Tree
by The Mountain Goats
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The Sunset Tree is ranked as the best album by The Mountain Goats.
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The Sunset Tree track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Top-rated track as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members.
The Sunset Tree 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 |  ammf3 | Top 19 Music Albums of 2005 | 14/19 | 2 |
| 2026 | Weepingguitarman | Top 25 Music Albums of 2005 | 10/25 | 3 |
| 2026 | daCritic | Top 29 Music Albums of 2005 | 11/29 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Milhaud | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 93/100 | 8 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | 21st century top albums 001-100 | 48/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Hayden | Top 70 Music Albums of 2005 | 45/70 | 2 |
| 2026 | joathome | Top 82 Music Albums of 2005 | 33/82 | 3 |
| 2026 | Cheboygan74 | Top 20 Music Albums of 2005 | 19/20 | 1 |
| 2026 | djirons | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 32/100 | 65 |
| 2026 |  covecove | Top 100 Music Albums of 2005 | 31/100 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 214 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,163 | |||
The Sunset Tree collection
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The Sunset Tree ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/06/2026 11:50 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,684 | 70/100 |
| ! | 05/12/2026 16:16 | Jakor | 5,550 | 70/100 |
| ! | 01/10/2026 16:17 |  phantom1305 | 2,813 | 71/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.9/100, a mean average of 77.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.6.
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The Sunset Tree forum mentions
Rhyner 02/28/2026 18:54 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
NoisyBeast 05/18/2024 18:25 in What album are you listening to right now?
BestEverAlbums 05/23/2023 20:00 in Album of the day (#4538): The Sunset TreeThe Sunset Tree comments
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Somehow this albums become as relevant in 2020 as it was when it was first released.
Kind of feels like holding someone else's diary, but without the guilt. Really good storytelling - reminds me of Raymond Carver quite a bit? A good album if you're going through a shit time.
"Lean in close to my little record player on the floor.
So this is what the volume knob is for"
Best Tracks: Dance Music, Magpie (Edited)
Komorebi-D 03/19/2017 11:01 | #187646 | TOP COMMENT
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An extremely personal document. Becomes more addictive with longer exposure.
glitter-bubbles 04/10/2015 16:33 | #139277 | TOP COMMENT
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I like this album more every time I listen to it.
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