Paper Airplane
by Alison Krauss & Union Station
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Alison Krauss & Union Station bestography
Paper Airplane is ranked 5th best out of 9 albums by Alison Krauss & Union Station on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Alison Krauss & Union Station is Live which is ranked number 9468 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 129.
(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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Paper Airplane track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Paper Airplane rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 88 Music Albums of 2011 | 35/88 | 3 |
| 2026 |  jeremy9 | Top 78 Music Albums of 2011 | 37/78 | 3 |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Top 100 Music Albums of 2011 | 21/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | Rivera | 801-900 | 58/100 | - |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Musicserver Padesát nejlepších zahraničních alb roku 2011 | 29/50 | - |
| 2026 | Rivera | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 97/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | RockyRaccoon | Country/Bluegrass | 14/100 | - |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2011 | 35/100 | 3 |
| 2025 | Rivera | C&W | 24/95 | - |
| 2024 |  nocturnaldelight | Top 38 Music Albums of the 2010s | 22/38 | 9 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 16 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 47 | |||
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Paper Airplane ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/22/2022 15:38 | Pluto11 | 12,301 | 72/100 |
| ! | 02/20/2022 04:10 |  Rug | 716 | 76/100 |
| ! | 01/04/2021 12:50 | LosWochos | 47,546 | 75/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 16% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.0/100, a mean average of 75.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.0.
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Paper Airplane forum mentions
nocturnaldelight 09/13/2018 13:09 in What album are you listening to right now?
Romanelli 12/10/2017 02:30 in Albums You Added To Your Collection TodayPaper Airplane comments
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The music here is very similar to other records this band put together in the past. That's not to say they're just mailing it in; on the contrary, Alison has a beautiful voice and she sounds as wonderful as ever. Just nothing really groundbreaking to be found here.
zdwyatt TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/24/2013 19:09 | #89090
Just like their previous efforts, this a great mix of Krauss' contemporary country and the traditional bluegrass numbers the men add.
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