The Wind
by Warren Zevon
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Warren Zevon bestography
The Wind is ranked 3rd best out of 20 albums by Warren Zevon on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Warren Zevon is Excitable Boy which is ranked number 1374 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,253.
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The Wind track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Wind rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 1 hour ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | daCritic | Top 35 Music Albums of 2003 | 29/35 | 1 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | The Badger Herald Best Albums 2003 | 3/27 | - |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | in April 2022 (2 B deleted) | 40/99 | - |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 96 Music Albums of 2003 | 50/96 | 2 |
| 2026 | BlueNote | Top 99 Music Albums of the 2000s | 85/99 | 3 |
| 2026 |  spigelwii | Top 90 Music Albums of the 2000s | 33/90 | 13 |
| 2026 | spigelwii | Top 9 Music Albums of 2003 | 5/9 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Romanelli | My Overall Chart: 501-600 | 99/100 | - |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Missed The Cut- 2003 | 5/9 | - |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2003 | 89/100 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 76 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 237 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/05/2026 07:11 | spinout | 3,502 | 81/100 |
| ! | 07/03/2026 16:19 | Pluto11 | 12,270 | 72/100 |
| ! | 06/01/2026 09:44 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,670 | 70/100 |
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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 77.0/100, a mean average of 77.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.9.
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pedro1976 08/26/2026 14:41 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
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Un álbum de folk rock con influencias de la música country, el cual no está mal, pero tampoco encontré algo que me llamara la atención. La voz de Warren Zevon es sólida, aunque sin llegar a sorprenderme y hablando instrumentalmente tiene algunas cosas interesantes como algunos arreglos de guitarra, pero nada fuera de lo normal. "She's Too Good For Me" es la canción que más me gusto del disco, la versión de "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" está bien pero he escuchado mejores, y el resto simplemente me mantuvo un poco indiferente.
Sandrof1969 02/21/2018 21:37 | #209130
In pochi riescono a stendere il loro testamento, con lucidità, quando il momento della fine è ormai imminente. Warren Zevon entra in studio già pesantemente minato da quel cancro che lo ucciderà di lì a breve attorniato dai medici e da vecchi amici che hanno cognomi importanti: Springsteen, Petty, Keltner, Cooder, Lindley e poi ancora Emmylou Harris, Joe Walsh, Don Henley ed altri, a supportare ma mai ad oscurare l'amico. Anche l'inserimento in scaletta dell'abusata cover di "Knockin' on heaven's door" assume un significato ben diverso da quello di rifare un pezzo famoso di Dylan, visto il contesto; e "The wind", già riuscito di suo, diventa un album tra i più emozionanti che mai siano stati realizzati.
I love this album. His last that he made after learning he had terminal cancer. The Boss helps out with a blistering solo on "Disorder In The House". Love "Dirty Life & Times", emotional version of "Knocking On Heaven's Door", "Disorder In The House" is great, "Numb as A Statue", "Party for Rest Of The Night" Why not? Time was running out... Those are the rockers.. Great ballads like "Keep Me In Your Heart" to his girlfriend. Most of the other ballads work well too. Maybe 1 weak or lesser track. Excellent album Warren! MEZ
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