The Lioness
by Songs: Ohia
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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 439 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,811.
(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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The Lioness track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Lioness rankings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/07/2026 14:27 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,435 | 70/100 |
| ! | 03/16/2026 15:02 | Devilwoac | 1,405 | 97/100 |
| ! | 02/20/2026 22:39 | matterhornrider | 5,126 | 81/100 |
| ! | 12/29/2025 18:08 | mutant | 1,671 | 56/100 |
| ! | 12/07/2025 14:40 | Araldo | 1,472 | 80/100 |
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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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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.
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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