Hell Among The Yearlings
by Gillian Welch
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Gillian Welch bestography
Hell Among The Yearlings is ranked 4th best out of 9 albums by Gillian Welch on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Gillian Welch is Time (The Revelator) which is ranked number 1327 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,298.
(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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Hell Among The Yearlings track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Hell Among The Yearlings rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Mercury | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 14/100 | 85 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 90 Music Albums of 1998 | 12/90 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Norman Bates | Top 100 Music Albums of 1998 | 49/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  imimesis | Top 25 Music Albums of 1998 | 25/25 | 0 |
| 2026 | Rm12398 | Top 34 Music Albums of 1998 | 18/34 | 3 |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1998 | 2/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 98 Music Albums of 1998 | 85/98 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 80 Music Albums of 1998 | 18/80 | 4 |
| 2026 | zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 23/100 | 16 |
| 2026 | henrygreen0203 | Top 48 Music Albums of 1998 | 26/48 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 50 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 200 | |||
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Hell Among The Yearlings ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/23/2026 15:18 | imimesis | 2,091 | 81/100 |
| ! | 05/29/2026 03:34 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,528 | 70/100 |
| ! | 03/23/2026 09:22 | Norman Bates | 10,141 | 75/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.9/100, a mean average of 74.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.7.
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Romanelli 03/06/2023 23:14 in The Great Harmonies Thread Mercury 02/01/2021 17:27 in Greatest Metal According to Gowi/LedZep/Repo/Rocky and I!Hell Among The Yearlings comments
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zdwyatt 11/15/2013 03:27 | #92551 | TOP COMMENT
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If there was any question about whether her debut was a fluke, this put it to rest. This is a great collection of songs.
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