Live Drugs
by The War On Drugs
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The War On Drugs bestography
Live Drugs is ranked 5th best out of 9 albums by The War On Drugs on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The War On Drugs is Lost In The Dream which is ranked number 163 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 8,519.
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Live Drugs track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Live Drugs 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 |  sssvnnn | Top 80 Music Albums of the 2020s | 17/80 | 16 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 2020 | 29/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Ranked listening log 2020 101-200 | 48/100 | - |
| 2026 | Rm12398 | Top 40 Music Albums of 2020 | 12/40 | 4 |
| 2026 | imacgill | Favourite Live Albums | 13/23 | - |
| 2026 | Purplepash | Ya joking? Should've been higher! 2020 edition | 41/100 | - |
| 2026 |  NowhereMan | Top 42 Music Albums of the 2020s | 38/42 | 2 |
| 2026 | adbrack1988 | Top 36 Music Albums of 2020 | 10/36 | 4 |
| 2026 | NowhereMan | Top 7 Music Albums of 2020 | 7/7 | 1 |
| 2026 | adbrack1988 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2020s | 43/100 | 12 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 35 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 209 | |||
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Live Drugs ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 05/15/2026 08:20 | TonySayers61 | 25,657 | 64/100 |
| ! | 02/11/2026 00:34 | Devilwoac | 1,521 | 97/100 |
| ! | 01/07/2026 09:51 | mattkwyatt | 76 | 85/100 |
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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 79.5/100, a mean average of 81.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.2.
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Live Drugs forum mentions
imacgill 09/04/2022 20:19 in Song Chronicle
BestEverAlbums 11/20/2020 13:00 in Latest Releases (w\c 2020-11-16) (week 47, 2020)Live Drugs comments
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A solid live album. Mostly made up of tracks from Lost in the Dream and A Deeper Understanding. What makes this such a unique listen is the excellent production. This album is made up of live recordings from 2014-2019 that are beautifully synced together listeners could be easily mistake it as a recording from a single show.
Brad1770 TOP 100 COMMENTER 03/02/2021 19:31 | #266881 | TOP COMMENT
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2020 lock down and cessation of touring saw a slew of excellent live album releases and this one is excellent capturing the best moments primarily from ‘A Deeper Understanding’ and ‘Lost In The Dream’. The War On Drugs recording catalogue is but small so any release from Adam and co should be cherished
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