Historian
by Lucy Dacus
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Lucy Dacus bestography
Historian is ranked as the best album by Lucy Dacus.
(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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Historian track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Historian rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  paladisiac | Top 66 Music Albums of 2018 | 61/66 | 0 |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 100 Music Albums of 2018 | 89/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | The GQ Staff's Favorite Albums of 2018 | 22/24 | - |
| 2026 |  baystateoftheart | 2018 Honorable Mentions | 40/100 | - |
| 2026 | gregthealien | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 79/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  covecove | Top 100 Music Albums of 2018 | 51/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | paladisiac | top 65r albums (64), #0601-0700* | 44/66 | - |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Gothamist The Best Albums Of 2018 | 15/32 | - |
| 2026 |  EyeKanFly | Top 92 Music Albums of 2018 | 10/92 | 5 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 88 Music Albums of 2018 | 27/88 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 139 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 488 | |||
Historian collection
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Historian ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/19/2026 07:41 | ASOARE | 2,572 | 78/100 |
| ! | 07/10/2026 02:26 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,603 | 70/100 |
| ! | 03/02/2026 00:15 | Map | 529 | 81/100 |
Rating metrics:
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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 76.3/100, a mean average of 75.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.1.
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Historian forum mentions
neilgee 07/11/2026 04:55 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) EyeKanFly 10/25/2021 13:17 in What album are you listening to right now?Historian comments
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PlasticRob 06/15/2018 10:26 | #216804 | TOP COMMENT
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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.
Beautiful album, would love more people to listen to this one.
Brad1770 TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/25/2019 05:44 | #230501 | TOP COMMENT
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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'
luigybetis TOP 100 COMMENTER 06/10/2018 20:32 | #216503 | TOP COMMENT
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Awesome listen, totally recommend it. 8.2/10.
lleon79 TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/19/2018 23:27 | #227464 | TOP COMMENT
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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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