Sackcloth 'N' Ashes
by 16 Horsepower
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Sackcloth 'N' Ashes is ranked as the best album by 16 Horsepower.
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Sackcloth 'N' Ashes track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Sackcloth 'N' Ashes ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| 12/11/2025 17:22 | Exist-en-ciel | 7,693 | 70/100 | |
| 08/12/2025 00:55 |  ERadio | 2,706 | 73/100 | |
| 07/02/2025 09:10 | habibi333 | 942 | 73/100 | |
| 06/17/2025 22:25 |  idiotican | 2,803 | 74/100 | |
| 03/23/2025 12:59 |  cestuneblague | 8,030 | 80/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.6/100, a mean average of 77.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.7.
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The album starts off incredibly well but it trails off after the first 4 or 5 songs on terms of quality. Atmospherically, the album is immense and it really transports you to a place and it creates a great soundscape to explore. This is aided by the vocal which matches this perfectly. Instrumentally, it is varied and the playing is very good. The downfall is the consistency of the music with there being quite a few filler tracks and also tracks that are just decent. Overall, an album that is very enjoyable to explore and should definitely be heard more.
This album is just great. The stories that are told, as well as the mood it creates. Listen to the banjo, also to the fretless bass with that brilliant drumming in it's back. And over all the Preacher's voice with all his doubt. It's an absolute classic of alternative music!
buzzdainer 03/31/2016 22:03 | #163065
My clearest memory of listening to this album is from a cross-country road trip in 2009, when I stopped for a desperately needed break from the highway at a friend's cabin in Strawberry, Arizona. We drank whiskey in his living room and listened to this album on these huge, incredible speakers he'd set up. Holy crap. This is some of the spookiest, reverb-heavy guitar and banjo lines you'll ever hear. The wild ravings of a madman. Great Gothic Americana.
Gooz 06/04/2014 17:58 | #113723
I'm surprised about how it isn't more known. Amazing songs.
meccalecca 05/05/2014 14:51 | #110888
You've been followed to the desert by gang of questionable men on horses, the sun is setting, and only five bullets remain in your pistol.
NickVolos 03/24/2014 13:08 | #107384
Banjo-rebel-outlaw-rock... Never thought banjo as an instrument could assert itself so powerfully.
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