Back Roads And Abandoned Motels
by The Jayhawks
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The Jayhawks bestography
Back Roads And Abandoned Motels is ranked 8th best out of 18 albums by The Jayhawks on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Jayhawks is Tomorrow The Green Grass which is ranked number 1729 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 985.
(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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Back Roads And Abandoned Motels track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Back Roads And Abandoned Motels rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 90 Music Albums of 2018 | 81/90 | 1 |
| 2026 | craab | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 37/100 | 13 |
| 2025 | henrygreen0203 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 68/100 | 7 |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | Fopp Records Albums of the Year 2018 | 81/100 | - |
| 2024 | craab | Top 10 Music Albums of 2018 | 6/10 | 3 |
| 2024 | henriknaess | Top 100 Music Albums of 2018 | 21/100 | 4 |
| 2024 |  buzzdainer | Top 90 Music Albums of 2018 | 26/90 | 4 |
| 2023 |  HelsinkiSnorkel | Top 72 Music Albums of 2018 | 50/72 | 2 |
| 2023 | Johnnyo | Minnesota | 71/92 | - |
| 2023 | henrygreen0203 | Top 53 Music Albums of 2018 | 26/53 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 16 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 60 | |||
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Back Roads And Abandoned Motels ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/28/2024 10:11 | cicadelic | 13,962 | 73/100 |
| ! | 02/24/2024 18:49 | PapaShiz86 | 11,717 | 79/100 |
| ! | 02/17/2023 23:50 | craab | 672 | 79/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.0/100, a mean average of 73.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 6.4.
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An overlooked release by an overlooked band. Oh well, we're lucky we haven't made the same mistake! This is high quality from start to finish. Bird Never Flies is particularly sweet.
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