Straight Songs Of Sorrow
by Mark Lanegan
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Mark Lanegan bestography
Straight Songs Of Sorrow is ranked 8th best out of 17 albums by Mark Lanegan on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Mark Lanegan is Whiskey For The Holy Ghost which is ranked number 3306 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 460.
(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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Straight Songs Of Sorrow track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Straight Songs Of Sorrow 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 | conallmalone | Top 68 Music Albums of the 2020s | 61/68 | 2 |
| 2026 |  pedro1976 | Top 86 Music Albums of the 2020s | 54/86 | 8 |
| 2026 | henriknaess | Top 47 Music Albums of 2020 | 15/47 | 4 |
| 2026 | conallmalone | Top 31 Music Albums of 2020 | 23/31 | 1 |
| 2026 | joathome | Top 94 Music Albums of 2020 | 51/94 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Norman Bates | Top 86 Music Albums of 2020 | 36/86 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Dankel | Top 60 Music Albums of 2020 | 51/60 | 1 |
| 2026 |  meccalecca | Top 100 Music Albums of 2020 | 66/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 86 Music Albums of 2020 | 63/86 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Ranked listening log 2020 101-200 | 15/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 51 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 75 | |||
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Straight Songs Of Sorrow ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/26/2026 21:35 | Juneof44 | 2,632 | 69/100 |
| ! | 04/11/2026 16:00 | Norman Bates | 10,211 | 75/100 |
| ! | 11/16/2024 07:37 |  zags7000 | 20,568 | 64/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.8/100, a mean average of 71.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 6.7.
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pedro1976 05/08/2026 09:58 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) pedro1976 06/04/2024 10:26 in What album are you listening to right now?Straight Songs Of Sorrow comments
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Not the best ever Mark Lanegan album and a little too long for my taste. Still has some outstanding tracks, with "Skeleton Key" as my favorite, ironically also the longest track on the album. Like "Stockholm City Blues" and "Bleed All Over" as well. "Ballad Of A Dying Rover" sounds like someone doing a Mark Lanegan parody.
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