Purgatory
by Tyler Childers

Purgatory by Tyler Childers
Year: 2017
Release date: 2017-08-04
Overall rank: 5,969th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 27 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2017 (124th)
Award Top albums of the 2010s (1,109th)
Award Best albums of all time (5,969th)

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Purgatory is ranked as the best album by Tyler Childers.

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Overall rank: 5,969th | 2010s rank: 1,109th | 2017 rank: 124th

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77/100 (from 27 votes)
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05/12/2026 20:02 covecove  Ratings distribution  6,63474/100
 
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02/26/2026 14:43 TonySayers61  Ratings distribution  24,71164/100
 
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.4/100, a mean average of 79.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.7.

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From 02/13/2019 13:52 | #231877
A great under heard country album with songs that tell stories. Tyler Childers gives us the type of country music I'd love to hear more of. He's definitely an artist to keep an eye out for in the future.

Key tracks: I Swear (To God), Feathered Indians, Whitehouse Road, Universal Sound and Lady May
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From 01/12/2018 14:58 | #205308
This was the hidden gem of 2017 for me. This is his second album, which he somehow got Sturgill Simpson to produce. Maybe he wants to help another Kentucky boy make good. Or maybe, like me, he just loves this dude's voice.

Favorite tracks: Whitehouse Road, Feathered Indians, Universal Sound
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