Letter From Home
by Pat Metheny Group
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Pat Metheny Group bestography
Letter From Home is ranked 4th best out of 40 albums by Pat Metheny on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Pat Metheny is Offramp which is ranked number 4752 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 301.
(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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Letter From Home track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Letter From Home 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 |  Leonard | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 84/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 87 Music Albums of 1989 | 8/87 | 5 |
| 2026 | Juneof44 | Top 50 Music Albums of 1989 | 33/50 | 2 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 98/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1989 | 12/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | Hyggevinyl | Top 50 Music Albums of 1989 | 43/50 | 1 |
| 2026 | Leonard | Top 100 Music Albums of 1989 | 20/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1989 | 60/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | Molunat | Top 20 Greatest Music Albums | 4/20 | 79 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 69 Music Albums of 1989 | 67/69 | 0 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 38 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 176 | |||
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Letter From Home ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 07/27/2026 21:28 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,433 | 70/100 |
| ! | 05/27/2026 00:37 | Skerns | 5,215 | 80/100 |
| ! | 12/29/2025 20:01 | Devilwoac | 1,529 | 97/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.7/100, a mean average of 79.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.9.
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NoisyBeast 04/13/2017 14:13 in What album are you listening to right now?Letter From Home comments
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I haven't listened to this tape (yes, a tape!) in over 25 years! I dug it out of my tape collection (which I thankfully kept) this evening, it sounds as good, if not better now, than it did all those years ago. At that time it got a lot of play in the car stereo! Listening to it on a quality audio system is a whole new experience. Moments of free form jazz mixed with almost 'progressive' rock coupled with Latin American influences make this a rewarding listen. This album always reminds me of summer!
Leonard 01/22/2017 15:25 | #183867 | TOP COMMENT
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