The Lioness
by Songs: Ohia

The Lioness by Songs: Ohia
Year: 2000
Release date: 2000-01-17
Overall rank: 2,539th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 105 votes)
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Award Top albums of 2000 (47th)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (418th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,539th)

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Songs: Ohia bestography

The Lioness is ranked 2nd best out of 22 albums by Jason Molina on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Jason Molina is The Magnolia Electric Co. which is ranked number 448 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,769.

Songs: Ohia album bestography « Higher ranked (448th)
The Magnolia Electric Co.
This album (2,539th)
The Lioness
Lower ranked (3,074th) »
Didn't It Rain

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 2,539th | 2000s rank: 418th | 2000 rank: 47th

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Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 105 votes)
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06/07/2026 14:27 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  12,03670/100
 
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03/16/2026 15:02 Devilwoac  Ratings distribution  1,33897/100
 
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02/20/2026 22:39 matterhornrider  Ratings distribution  5,08281/100
 
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12/29/2025 18:08 mutant  Ratings distribution  1,67156/100
 
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12/07/2025 14:40 Araldo  Ratings distribution  1,47280/100

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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 76.0/100, a mean average of 76.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.2.

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From 08/26/2015 10:45 | #148582
Conjures that sense of being permanently trapped in a grey and barren mindscape- with only the futile yearn for lost loves and trying to fix un-mendable past mistakes keeping him alive. One of the bleakest albums ever recorded, it's surprising how compelling it's utter hopelessness can be- a skin-and-bones masterpiece and the standout from Molina's rather fluid, stream-of-consciousness body of work.
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From 05/29/2014 03:59 | #113171
This is beautiful. Plaintive, mournful & yearning. Reminds me more of Will Oldham than Smog. Some of guitar solos even remind me of Neil Young. And minor organ keys always break my heart.
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