Bitter Tears - Ballads Of The American Indian
by Johnny Cash
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Johnny Cash bestography
Bitter Tears - Ballads Of The American Indian is ranked 20th best out of 127 albums by Johnny Cash on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Johnny Cash is At Folsom Prison which is ranked number 321 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 5,145.
(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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Bitter Tears - Ballads Of The American Indian track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Bitter Tears - Ballads Of The American Indian rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | daCritic | Greatest Country Albums | 65/75 | - |
| 2026 |  junodog4 | Top 20 Music Albums of 1964 | 18/20 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 90 Music Albums of 1964 | 69/90 | 1 |
| 2026 | Juneof44 | Top 50 Music Albums of 1964 | 45/50 | 1 |
| 2026 | Olli | Top 99 Music Albums of 1964 | 19/99 | 4 |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 95/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Helios | Top 40 Music Albums of 1964 | 22/40 | 2 |
| 2025 |  Larcx13 | Top 14 Music Albums of 1964 | 14/14 | 0 |
| 2025 | zags7000 | Top 23 Music Albums of 1964 | 4/23 | 4 |
| 2025 | daCritic | Top 31 Music Albums of 1964 | 19/31 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 42 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 83 | |||
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Bitter Tears - Ballads Of The American Indian ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/11/2026 13:21 | Jakor | 5,535 | 70/100 |
| ! | 04/27/2026 00:44 | PapaShiz86 | 11,697 | 79/100 |
| ! | 12/18/2025 14:20 | BorderFreeAndrew | 15,729 | 74/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 68.9/100, a mean average of 67.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 68.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.2.
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I like the idea of this album more than I like listening to it. But I like the idea of it a lot.
RoundTheBend 03/06/2016 01:01 | #161396
Another reason to love Johnny Cash... not only a good songwriter, but he's always representing the under-represented.
junodog4 07/14/2012 19:29 | #46423
Johnny Cash goes out on a limb, paying tribute to the struggles of the Native American. Underrated - very strong.
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