Old Five And Dimers Like Me
by Billy Joe Shaver
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Old Five And Dimers Like Me is ranked as the best album by Billy Joe Shaver.
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Old Five And Dimers Like Me track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Old Five And Dimers Like Me rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | henrygreen0203 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 34/100 | 13 |
| 2026 | BlueNote | Best Country Albums | 21/50 | - |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Country/Bluegrass | 91/100 | - |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 | 49/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | amirmishali | Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 | 52/100 | 2 |
| 2025 | LI2023 | Top 40 Greatest Music Albums | 34/40 | 15 |
| 2025 | mikepen | Top 51 Music Albums of 1973 | 48/51 | 0 |
| 2023 | henrygreen0203 | Top 34 Music Albums of 1973 | 3/34 | 5 |
| 2022 | panapsal | Pure Country | 48/54 | - |
| 2021 | henrygreen0203 | Decades of Texas Singer-Songwriters | 94/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 25 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 59 | |||
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Old Five And Dimers Like Me ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 01/30/2024 13:23 | Rayzer6 | 1,631 | 85/100 |
| ! | 01/22/2024 13:53 | RockyRaccoon | 7,278 | 84/100 |
| ! | 01/21/2024 18:48 |  Anti | 4,625 | 78/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 8% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.9/100, a mean average of 76.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.7.
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Repo 07/04/2020 06:02 in What album are you listening to right now?
Tha1ChiefRocka 04/09/2019 01:27 in Rank 'Em: The Beach Boys Tha1ChiefRocka 09/21/2017 16:49 in I'm a little bit country, a little bit rock and rollOld Five And Dimers Like Me comments
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"Old Five and Dimers.." is the debut album from Billy Joe Shaver. It is the little sister album to Waylon Jennings' "Honky Tonk Heroes." They are similar in style, presentation and content. Shaver presents his songs in a more rootsy and unpolished natural demeanor, while Jennings was a career musician at the time of his album's release.
Shaver is the most rugged of the Texas singer-songwriters and the most outlaw of the outlaw singer-songwriters. His writing is real and humble and his presentation is sincere and rugged.
Track Pick: I've Been to Georgia on a Fast Train
Gems: Old Five and Dimers.., Willy the Wandering Gypsy and Me.
Very good album.
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