Barton Hollow
by The Civil Wars

Barton Hollow by The Civil Wars
Year: 2011
Release date: 2011-02-01
Overall rank: 6,063rd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 68 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2011 (134th)
Award Top albums of the 2010s (1,145th)
Award Best albums of all time (6,063rd)

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Overall rank: 6,063rd | 2010s rank: 1,145th | 2011 rank: 134th
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2026SkernsTop 76 Music Albums of 201153/762
2025 AwaitingAndrewTop 25 Music Albums of 201119/251
2025arnellarsenTop 99 Music Albums of 201128/994
2025 zags7000Top 100 Music Albums of 201123/1004
2025JohnnyoTop 72 Music Albums of 201157/721
2025Lefty21Top 50 Greatest Music Albums27/5044
2025dukeboxkoolTop 100 Music Albums of the 2010s8/10019
2024atarostarlingTop 100 Greatest Music Albums63/10030
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2023JohnnyoMost listened to albums (Oct - Dec 2022)48/100 -
2023 TheDude85Top 74 Music Albums of 20112/745
2023LosWochosDie 25 besten Akustik-Alben by Classic Rock Deutschland (6/2018)24/25 -
2022 buzzdainerTop 72 Music Albums of 201138/722
2022JohnnyoMost listened to albums in October 202288/100 -
2022 mutley88Top 35 Music Albums of 201119/352
2021mlgprounicornTop 100 Music Albums of 201184/1001
2020 samistake2iceTop 60 Music Albums of 201154/601
2020 ledaeroTop 19 Music Albums of 20112/195
2020Lgk21Top 100 Greatest Music Albums90/1005
2020Giant2015Top 55 Music Albums of 201140/551
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 49
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 218
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Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 68 votes)
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12/09/2025 12:23 TonySayers61  Ratings distribution  23,78864/100
 
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04/05/2025 04:19 Herdandhokies  Ratings distribution  35155/100
 
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01/28/2025 06:16 ddeeddles64  Ratings distribution  2,81672/100
 
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10/25/2024 08:25 cicadelic  Ratings distribution  12,05973/100
 
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07/02/2024 14:39 Lefty21  Ratings distribution  51875/100

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This album is rated in the top 11% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.7/100, a mean average of 75.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.8.

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75/100
From 10/06/2022 13:00 | #290235
Pleasant enough stuff but I prefer John Paul White’s solo albums. This feels rather flat in comparison.
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From 12/11/2021 04:23 | #277350
Reminds me of the Plant/Kraus collaboration.
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From 02/18/2016 08:56 | #160073
Ok but the whole thing sound manufactured to me.
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From 10/24/2013 19:28 | #89101
I first heard the song Barton Hollow and thought these guys reminded me of Gillian Welch and David Rawlings. After hearing the album, which doesn't have anything else quite as raucous as that track, I think they're more like Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova.
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65/100
From 08/18/2013 15:44 | #84152
I'm going to have to agree with alexfields. These people are clearly pop artists. Joy Williams had been recording Christian Pop music for a decade prior to the formation of this group. The harmonizing is pleasant. If you're into vocals, the album is nice. I just have a hard time shaking the fact that Williams was originally marketed as a Christian Britney Spears. The chick is from Santa Cruz. A California beach town. Pretty far from "Barton Hollow"-
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70/100
From 07/16/2012 20:29 | #46653
The songwriting is solid, and the vocal harmonizing is lovely, but this album kindof sounds like a couple of songwriters who don't know anything about country trying to do country. The country and folk stylings just feel a little fake, which makes the whole album a little less enjoyable than it could have been.
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