Bringing Down The Horse
by The Wallflowers
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Bringing Down The Horse is ranked as the best album by The Wallflowers.
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Bringing Down The Horse track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Bringing Down The Horse rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum year 1996 | 40/100 | - |
| 2026 |  AMEIER | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 63/100 | 38 |
| 2026 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 1996 | 3/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  rambleon80 | Top 20 Music Albums of 1996 | 17/20 | 1 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 100 Music Albums of 1996 | 82/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1996 | 33/100 | - |
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 54 Music Albums of 1996 | 50/54 | 0 |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1996 | 84/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 100 Music Albums of 1996 | 97/100 | 0 |
| 2026 |  Rhyner | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 44/100 | 11 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 126 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 520 | |||
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Bringing Down The Horse ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/23/2026 12:57 |  Tamthebam | 23,296 | 69/100 |
| ! | 07/19/2026 22:14 | Skerns | 5,212 | 80/100 |
| ! | 05/27/2026 03:36 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,696 | 70/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.0/100, a mean average of 72.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.1.
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Bringing Down The Horse forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 06/27/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5356): By marco17
Romanelli 12/29/2025 19:45 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)Bringing Down The Horse comments
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It certainly isn't a classic,. and Jakob Dylan isn't the same type of songwriter as his father, but this was my first album I ever owned in my life. Back when I was 7 I heard that One Headlight was number1 and I begged my parents to get it for me for my birthday. It took a few years to grow on me but if it weren't for this album, I'm not sure where I'd be musically right now.
I'm really surprised to see how low this on overall rankings
One Headlight is classic.
The Difference, Three Marlenas, 6th Avenue Heartache all fantastic singles
I Wish I Felt Nothing, Bleeders, Invisible City, and to a lesser extent, Josephine are all great great songs.
They are blue collar band in the vain of Tom Petty's Heartbreakers. Comparing Jakob Dylan to his father isn't fair but his writing is above average and sometimes very good.
I didn't think this album would be considered underrated, but at least here, it really is.
Now the next album to follow is criminally underrated. Breach is better than this and this is great (Edited)
samistake2ice 05/26/2013 23:48 | #77325 | TOP COMMENT
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Yeah, I think its great. One of the first albums I ever bought, and I still listen to it regularly. There isn't a song on the album that I skip. (Edited)
Romanelli TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/22/2011 23:26 | #22136 | TOP COMMENT
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I'll actually take the first 5 tracks. This is not a terrible album.
Just ignore the Dylan comparisons and you'll enjoy this. (Edited)
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