Big Bad Luv
by John Moreland
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Big Bad Luv is ranked as the best album by John Moreland.
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Big Bad Luv track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Big Bad Luv rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 8 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  covecove | Top 100 Music Albums of 2017 | 87/100 | 1 |
| 2025 |  buzzdainer | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 44/100 | 47 |
| 2024 | buzzdainer | Top 53 Music Albums of 2017 | 1/53 | 5 |
| 2024 | buzzdainer | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 9/100 | 18 |
| 2024 | Bardiebart | Top 65 Music Albums of 2017 | 49/65 | 1 |
| 2022 | henrygreen0203 | Top 57 Music Albums of 2017 | 9/57 | 4 |
| 2021 | Johnnyo | The most overlooked albums of 2017 - VMP | 7/15 | - |
| 2020 |  samistake2ice | Top 45 Music Albums of 2017 | 2/45 | 5 |
| 2020 | samistake2ice | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 67/100 | 7 |
| 2019 | WayneMC | Rough Trade Albums of the Year 2017 | 82/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 14 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 99 | |||
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Big Bad Luv ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 05/19/2023 04:58 |  zags7000 | 20,568 | 64/100 |
| ! | 01/12/2022 23:37 | covecove | 6,689 | 74/100 |
| ! | 09/12/2020 16:28 | buzzdainer | 3,338 | 79/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.2/100, a mean average of 79.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.0.
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buzzdainer 09/12/2020 16:46 | #258103
John Moreland's Big Bad Luv follows the most straightforward of southern rock formulas: upbeat, swampy, blues-inflected rock interspersed with gorgeous folksy love songs. It works perfectly for Moreland because he has all the qualities of a performer needed to make this time-honored formula feel fresh: a smoky voice honed by years singing in punk rock bands, the guitar chops needed to effortlessly pull off some searing riffs, and most of all, a vulnerable storytelling style that feels absolutely authentic on every track. "Sallisaw Blue" is the most instantly likeable song here because of its incredible bluesy guitar licks, but for me the most memorable song here is "Lies I Chose to Believe," a devastating portrait of lost love, or unrequited love, that strikes at the deepest and most tender places in the heart.
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