Wit's End
by Cass McCombs

Wit's End by Cass McCombs
Year: 2011
Release date: 2011-04-12
Overall rank: 13,833rd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 18 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2011 (295th)
Award Top albums of the 2010s (2,841st)
Award Best albums of all time (13,833rd)

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Cass McCombs bestography

Wit's End is ranked 2nd best out of 14 albums by Cass McCombs on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Cass McCombs is Mangy Love which is ranked number 9609 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 125.

Cass McCombs album bestography « Higher ranked (9,609th)
Mangy Love
This album (13,833rd)
Wit's End
Lower ranked (15,319th) »
Heartmind

(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).

Upcoming concerts

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21
Sat
Cass McCombs & Band (18+)
Brighton Music Hall presented by Ci, Boston, United States. United States
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Mar
27
Fri
Cass McCombs + Band, Danny Arakaki
Blind Pig, Ann Arbor, United States. United States
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Mar
29
Sun
Cass McCombs
Vivarium, Milwaukee, United States. United States
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Wit's End rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 13,833rd | 2010s rank: 2,841st | 2011 rank: 295th
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2026 RockyRaccoonTop 100 Music Albums of 201185/1001
2026 covecoveTop 100 Music Albums of 201129/1004
2025 HelsinkiSnorkelTop 68 Music Albums of 201139/682
2025 HaydenTop 100 Music Albums of 201161/1002
2025LittleM1971Top 100 Music Albums of 201156/1002
2025cicadelicMatt Jordan/You Ain’t No Picasso: 30 Favorite Albums of 201126/30 -
2024 meccaleccaTop 100 Music Albums of 20117/1005
2024 meccaleccaTop 100 Music Albums of the 2010s90/1002
2024 EyeKanFlyAM Bubbling Under 2010s 1092/100 -
2024sonicdiscourse2011 To-Do List33/68 -
2023Juneof44Top 50 Music Albums of 201146/501
2023cmoshierTop 100 Music Albums of 201124/1004
2022larryrrrTop 100 Music Albums of the 2010s49/10010
2022cmoshierTop 100 Music Albums of the 2010s77/1005
2021 ghosttomostTop 60 Music Albums of 201139/602
2021panapsal51 favorite indie-folk albums of all time23/51 -
2020IvanIkeTop 73 Music Albums of the 2010s29/7312
2019 bertranduTop 100 Music Albums of 201141/1003
2019 bertrandu2010s Singer/Songwriter part 1/3 : 2010-201354/100 -
2019 bertrandu2010s Contemporary Folk part 1/3, 2010-201373/100 -
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 38
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 83
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Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 18 votes)
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02/25/2025 00:29 EyeKanFly  Ratings distribution  8,42765/100
 
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01/26/2022 18:05 LittleM1971  Ratings distribution  5,92181/100
 
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10/15/2019 15:58 replacementlevel  Ratings distribution  7,72470/100
 
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09/02/2019 17:43 HelsinkiSnorkel  Ratings distribution  2,24479/100
 
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06/18/2019 21:35 covecove  Ratings distribution  6,55373/100

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This album is rated in the top 25% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.5/100, a mean average of 74.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.0.

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From 07/18/2013 16:26 | #81866
Now this is a really cool sound. I can’t say I’ve ever heard of Cass McCombs before but I’m glad I’ve heard of him now. He has a very cool folk kind of sound. A good combination of piano, guitar and very well-crafted lyrics. The only problem I have with the album is that some of the songs can get a little long and slightly boring. Most every song is at least five minutes, which is not a problem with me, just so long as the songs are interesting enough to listen to, which in this case is not all of them. It’s good, it’s a cool sound, it’s just slightly boring at times. It’s worth listening to though.
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