The Harrow & The Harvest
by Gillian Welch

The Harrow & The Harvest by Gillian Welch
Year: 2011
Release date: 2011-06-28
Overall rank: 2,497th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 111 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2011 (54th)
Award Top albums of the 2010s (401st)
Award Best albums of all time (2,497th)

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Gillian Welch bestography

The Harrow & The Harvest is ranked 2nd best out of 9 albums by Gillian Welch on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Gillian Welch is Time (The Revelator) which is ranked number 1340 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,270.

Gillian Welch album bestography « Higher ranked (1,340th)
Time (The Revelator)
This album (2,497th)
The Harrow & The Harvest
Lower ranked (3,503rd) »
Revival

(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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The Harrow & The Harvest rankings

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Overall rank: 2,497th | 2010s rank: 401st | 2011 rank: 54th

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The Harrow & The Harvest ratings

Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 111 votes)
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3 days ago DaveH68  Ratings distribution  1,36376/100
 
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12/29/2025 17:29 mutant  Ratings distribution  1,67156/100
 
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.5/100, a mean average of 76.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.7.

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From 07/16/2012 19:40 | #46630
This is probably Gillian's least good album, and a slightly disappointment after such a long wait between releases, but it's still a fantastic collection of songs, and would be a high point for almost any other songwriter.
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From 12/15/2011 21:56 | #33042
This is supposed to be her best album since "time (the revelator)" -- too bad i don't have that other one, because this album is pretty nice in telling its its rootsy-alt-country, americana story. Between this and her accompanying vocals on this year's decemberists album, she's had quite the year.
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