Okemah And The Melody Of Riot
by Son Volt
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Okemah And The Melody Of Riot is ranked 4th best out of 15 albums by Son Volt on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Son Volt is Trace which is ranked number 2098 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 794.
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Okemah And The Melody Of Riot track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Okemah And The Melody Of Riot rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 1 hour ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Romanelli | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 29/100 | 14 |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 86 Music Albums of 2005 | 55/86 | 2 |
| 2026 | Romanelli | Top 72 Music Albums of 2005 | 2/72 | 5 |
| 2026 | henrygreen0203 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 21/100 | 16 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 79/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 2005 | 91/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | cmoshier | Top 99 Music Albums of 2005 | 76/99 | 1 |
| 2026 | Romanelli | My Overall Chart: 101-200 | 52/100 | - |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | n March 2021 (2 B deleted) | 15/30 | - |
| 2026 | henrygreen0203 | Is it Live?? - Acts That Have Performed Live in Front of My Face | 44/78 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 30 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 65 | |||
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Okemah And The Melody Of Riot ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/07/2026 00:07 | dhbarrett | 8,786 | 65/100 |
| ! | 04/29/2024 07:11 |  NoisyBeast | 13,315 | 74/100 |
| ! | 10/12/2023 17:28 | LosWochos | 47,530 | 75/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.6/100, a mean average of 69.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 69.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.7.
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BestEverAlbums 34 hours ago in Chart of the day (#5444): By Romanelli NoisyBeast 04/25/2024 19:13 in What album are you listening to right now?Okemah And The Melody Of Riot comments
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The influence on this record is clear from the beginning, as Farrar sings about "the words of Woody Guthrie ringing in my head."
Jay Farrar and Son Volt return after a long hiatus. Critics were very happy with this record, and the consensus was it was the best thing the band produced since their acclaimed debut in 1995. It still remains a top record in the band's catalog. Strong and cohesive, it pleases from beginning to end and hardly slows down to obey the speed limit in tiny Midwest towns that is the essence of this record.
Track Pick: "Bandages and Scars"
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