For The Sake Of The Song
by Townes Van Zandt
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Townes Van Zandt bestography
For The Sake Of The Song is ranked 6th best out of 34 albums by Townes Van Zandt on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Townes Van Zandt is Townes Van Zandt which is ranked number 703 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,457.
(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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For The Sake Of The Song track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
For The Sake Of The Song rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 1 hour ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Romanelli | Top 31 Music Albums of 1968 | 22/31 | 2 |
| 2026 |  DriftingOrpheus | Top 36 Greatest Music Albums | 32/36 | 14 |
| 2026 | DriftingOrpheus | Best Album of 1968 | 1/1 | 5 |
| 2026 | Cheboygan74 | Top 14 Music Albums of 1968 | 2/14 | 5 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 88 Music Albums of 1968 | 46/88 | 2 |
| 2026 | Cheboygan74 | Top 60 Music Albums of the 1960s | 9/60 | 17 |
| 2026 | Rm12398 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1968 | 63/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | Romanelli | My Overall Chart: 2101-2200 | 37/100 | - |
| 2026 | henrygreen0203 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 53/100 | 10 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 23/100 | 16 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 45 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 144 | |||
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For The Sake Of The Song ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/05/2026 12:27 |  Tamthebam | 23,301 | 69/100 |
| ! | 05/12/2026 03:11 | DriftingOrpheus | 730 | 81/100 |
| ! | 04/13/2026 23:47 | AAL2014 | 4,311 | 75/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 25% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.4/100, a mean average of 73.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.2.
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For The Sake Of The Song forum mentions
Romanelli 02/04/2024 15:39 in The Romanelli Music Diary: Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley & The Wailers
Jboy56 02/20/2023 16:13 in What album are you listening to right now? Romanelli 03/28/2022 22:49 in Albums You Added To Your Collection TodayFor The Sake Of The Song comments
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Kingturtle 03/31/2016 13:31 | #163044 | TOP COMMENT
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By far my favorite songwriter of all time. With amazing ability to write lyrics that aren't trite, but completely other-worldly and eternal. And at the same time, inventing melodies that are original, and natural, and beautiful.
samistake2ice 08/19/2015 15:13 | #148010 | TOP COMMENT
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There's a reason Townes rerecorded most of these songs on other albums. It was a bit of stumble out of the gate but hes still an incredible songwriter.
Bork TOP 100 COMMENTER 11/27/2011 19:22 | #31529 | TOP COMMENT
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Fails to ever take off which makes Talkin' Karate Blues the strongest track because of it's comic value.
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