Gentle Spirit
by Jonathan Wilson
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Jonathan Wilson bestography
Gentle Spirit is ranked 2nd best out of 6 albums by Jonathan Wilson on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Jonathan Wilson is Fanfare which is ranked number 3569 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 421.
(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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Gentle Spirit track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Gentle Spirit rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Norman Bates | Top 100 Music Albums of 2011 | 92/100 | 0 |
| 2026 |  Repo | Top 70 Music Albums of 2011 | 16/70 | 4 |
| 2026 | rlang36 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 44/100 | 11 |
| 2025 |  HelsinkiSnorkel | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 67/100 | 28 |
| 2025 | arnellarsen | Top 99 Music Albums of 2011 | 32/99 | 3 |
| 2025 | cicadelic | The Word Magazine Best Albums 2011 | 18/43 | - |
| 2025 | yes340 | Top 49 Music Albums of the 2010s | 36/49 | 6 |
| 2025 | cicadelic | Wild Mercury Sound 100 from 2011 | 15/100 | - |
| 2025 | HelsinkiSnorkel | Top 68 Music Albums of 2011 | 2/68 | 5 |
| 2024 |  meccalecca | Top 100 Music Albums of 2011 | 57/100 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 61 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 273 | |||
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Gentle Spirit ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 05/09/2026 12:43 | Gedi | 367 | 83/100 |
| ! | 02/27/2026 23:33 | DaveH68 | 1,363 | 76/100 |
| ! | 12/07/2025 09:14 | TonySayers61 | 26,102 | 64/100 |
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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 78.2/100, a mean average of 78.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.0.
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NickVolos 01/11/2015 15:38 in What album are you listening to right now?Gentle Spirit comments
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Better known as Father John Misty's producer. Jonathan Ross comes out of the famous Laurel Valley. Gentle Spirit represents his first solo outing. I think it's fantastic. Reminiscent of a early Pink Floyd / Elliot Smith hybrid. Great melodies and basslines, gorgeous stuff. Track Picks: The Way I Feel, Natural Rhapsody, Desert Raven
Sandrof1969 02/24/2018 08:44 | #209440
Non si capisce se Jonathan Wilson sia stato influenzato più dal folk psichedelico degli inizi degli anni settanta o da quella generazione ( i suoi coetanei ) di perdenti lo-fi degli anni novanta ( Elliott Smith, Will Oldham ecc… ), almeno per quanto riguarda l'approccio vocale, chè di lo-fi in "Gentle spirit" non c'è niente, anzi, il disco è curatissimo nei suoni. Belle canzoni ( alcune ), atmosfere malinconiche, solo che, secondo me, avrebbe giovato un po' più di concisione...
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