Night Ride Home
by Joni Mitchell

Night Ride Home by Joni Mitchell
Year: 1991
Overall rank: 6,152nd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 80 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1991 (83rd)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (991st)
Award Best albums of all time (6,152nd)

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Joni Mitchell bestography

Night Ride Home is ranked 11th best out of 36 albums by Joni Mitchell on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Joni Mitchell is Blue which is ranked number 68 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 16,006.

Joni Mitchell album bestography « Higher ranked (5,271st)
Miles Of Aisles
This album (6,152nd)
Night Ride Home
Lower ranked (6,466th) »
Mingus

(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).

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Night Ride Home rankings

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Overall rank: 6,152nd | 1990s rank: 991st | 1991 rank: 83rd

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Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 80 votes)
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11/30/2025 07:36 Kingturtle  Ratings distribution  7,57973/100
 
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08/23/2025 23:01 Martinmed  Ratings distribution  12782/100
 
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05/03/2025 13:14 DommeDamian  Ratings distribution  7,33049/100
 
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04/12/2025 12:00 stevengnz  Ratings distribution  2,60673/100
 
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01/28/2025 12:04 al66  Ratings distribution  8581/100

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This album is rated in the top 7% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.2/100, a mean average of 74.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.7.

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90/100
From 01/09/2018 17:16 | #205082
A return to form. Definitely her best album since the live album Shadows & Lights and one of the best albums she has made. Great tracks include Slouching Towards Bethlehem, Come In From The Cold & Passion Play other highlights include The Only Joy In Town, Nothing Can Be Done & Cherokee Louise.
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Such an underrated album.
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