Honky Tonk Heroes
by Waylon Jennings
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Honky Tonk Heroes is ranked as the best album by Waylon Jennings.
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Honky Tonk Heroes track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| ! | 01/01/2026 10:44 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,328 | 70/100 |
| ! | 11/26/2025 14:22 | Jakor | 5,437 | 70/100 |
| ! | 11/23/2025 07:25 | NYAndreas | 1,433 | 44/100 |
| ! | 08/20/2025 20:26 | AledJames | 1,628 | 69/100 |
| ! | 02/06/2025 04:15 |  AAL2014 | 4,109 | 75/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.4/100, a mean average of 75.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.4.
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Way more a Billy Joe Shaver album than Waylon's. "Ain't No God In Mexico" is the best here.
wonderful down to earth country and western filled with life lessons
Great stuff.
planetneutral 01/13/2018 16:31 | #205398 | TOP COMMENT
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I think I would have appreciated this one more when I was in lower spirits. Still a great listen, if a little on the slow side.
A fine record by an important voice in the country genre.
Billy Joe Shaver wrote some damn fine songs, and Waylon delivers the goods singing them. Maybe not quite as important an album as people sometimes say it is, and Waylon probably gets too much credit for the outlaw movement in general, but still a great album.
Bork 06/11/2010 23:42 | #12800 | TOP COMMENT
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This one is often heralded as Waylon's best. It is not. Although a very good album, both the two previous outings (Ladies Love Outlaws, and Lonesome On'ry and Mean) were significantly more interesting.
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