Gold
by Ryan Adams

Gold by Ryan Adams
Year: 2001
Release date: 2001-09-25
Overall rank: 1,593rd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 348 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2001 (25th)
Award Top albums of of the 2000s (254th)
Award Best albums of all time (1,593rd)

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Ryan Adams bestography

Gold is ranked 2nd best out of 42 albums by Ryan Adams on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Ryan Adams is Heartbreaker which is ranked number 1078 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,629.

Ryan Adams album bestography « Higher ranked (1,078th)
Heartbreaker
This album (1,593rd)
Gold
Lower ranked (3,397th) »
Cold Roses

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Gold track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Gold rankings

Gold rankings summary
Overall rank: 1,593rd | 2000s rank: 254th | 2001 rank: 25th  Overall chart history
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2026LittleM1971Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s9/10018
2026Johnnyo1 album per artist - greatest albums of all time92/100 -
2026 covecoveTop 100 Music Albums of 200160/1002
2026 TamthebamTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s36/10013
2026cicadelicLaunch Magazine Best Albums 20015/10 -
2026LittleM1971Top 100 Greatest Music Albums98/1003
2026cicadelicBabylon Best Albums 200117/20 -
2026 AAL2014Top 57 Music Albums of 200133/572
2026JohnnyoTop 100 greatest music albums (alternative list)92/100 -
2026craabTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s61/1008
2026cicadelicQ magazine Recordings Of The Year 20011/45 -
2026Rm12398Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s89/1002
2026Rm12398Top 27 Music Albums of 200114/273
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2026LittleM1971Top 89 Music Albums of 20013/895
2026RiveraBest of Rest50/100 -
2026martinthoTop 42 Music Albums of 20011/425
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2026juanr1096Top 77 Music Albums of 200146/772
2026JohnnyoMost listened to albums in March 2021 (To delete)24/95 -
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 268
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 1,081
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Gold ratings

Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 348 votes)
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07/02/2026 10:24 marcoshb  Ratings distribution  6378/100
 
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02/28/2026 01:22 DaveH68  Ratings distribution  1,36376/100
 
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02/27/2026 15:47 Map  Ratings distribution  52381/100

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This album is rated in the top 8% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.1/100, a mean average of 74.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.9.


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From 08/12/2026 19:19 | #315650
I don't listen to this much anymore. (Edited)
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80/100
From 07/10/2023 23:07 | #298052
Good album.
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95/100
From 05/05/2022 17:50 | #284988
Album of the year, 2001
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85/100
From 02/17/2022 14:44 | #281454
A big and a tad long album from a great songwriter in the vein of Boss, Uncle Bob, and Van the Man. No gimmicks, down to earth music with fine moods and sensibility for touching lyrics (Edited)
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From 07/19/2019 20:35 | #239896
Favorite Tracks:Answering Bell, The Rescue Blues, When The Stars Go Blue, Nobody Girl, Tina Toledo's Street Walkin' Blues, Goodnight Hollywood Blvd.
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Rating:  
60/100
From 02/21/2018 20:25 | #209115
La scrittura di Ryan Adams mostra fin troppo bene quali sono i riferimenti dell'autore ( Young, Petty, Fogerty, Who, Stones, tra gli altri… ) senza che ci sia però quel guizzo di originalità che impedisca che le canzoni siano copie sbiadite di ben più quotati originali.
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A good album spoiled by being too long with 3-4 tracks just filler material. (Edited)
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80/100
From 07/06/2017 05:56 | #193736
Not the critics choice, but mine. Simply his album with most good songs on.
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90/100
Though a little too long--like every Ryan Adams album--this may be Adams's best album, song for song. The first half alone is as strong of a stretch as any artist could hope for.
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95/100
From 09/19/2016 18:56 | #175366
Two weeks after the Twin Towers fell in 2001, Ryan Adams released Gold, a fact that seems almost impossible given how much the subject matter of this album is so directly related to the events and aftermath of 9-11 (obviously the songs were written much earlier). "New York, New York" became a touchstone for me as I processed my own anger and sadness over the people who died in the World Trade Center, as it is such an affectionate ode to the Big Apple, one that crackles with life and love and romance, the sights and smells of the city. I'm not a city person by nature, but "New York, New York" sheds some light on why a person would be. (Edited)
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