Historian
by Lucy Dacus

Historian by Lucy Dacus
Year: 2018
Release date: 2018-03-02
Overall rank: 3,184th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 130 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2018 (57th)
Award Top albums of of the 2010s (529th)
Award Best albums of all time (3,184th)

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Historian is ranked as the best album by Lucy Dacus.

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Overall rank: 3,184th | 2010s rank: 529th | 2018 rank: 57th

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Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 130 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.1/100, a mean average of 75.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.0.

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65/100
From 01/25/2019 05:44 | #230501 | TOP COMMENT
A really impressive release from Lucy , lyrically is where this album really shines , pay close attention and you'll be richly rewarded

Second to last track "Pillar Of Truth" is truly epic and album standout track for mine

Lucy Dacus has the honour of being the only artist to appear twice in my 2018 Best Album List - first as a 3rd of Boygenius and now with her individual release 'Historian'
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85/100
From 12/19/2018 23:27 | #227464 | TOP COMMENT
I hate myself for not wanting to listen to this sooner. I think this is absolutely fantastic. "Night Shift" is probably one of this year's bests and the album cover is simply amazing.
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80/100
From 06/15/2018 10:26 | #216804 | TOP COMMENT
A terrific singer-songwriter album. It's pretty dark and introspective and makes an excellent headphones or solitary listen in the dark, with coffee and/or alcohol. Night Shift is one of the best songs I've heard this year.
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90/100
From 06/10/2018 20:32 | #216503 | TOP COMMENT
Awesome listen, totally recommend it. 8.2/10.
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95/100
From 06/08/2018 17:57 | #216347 | TOP COMMENT
Beautiful album, would love more people to listen to this one.
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85/100
From 03/30/2018 23:31 | #212027
As someone who was pretty cold on No Burden, this is a nice surprise. Polished, yes, but still beautifully written and biting.
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