Bringing Down The Horse
by The Wallflowers

Bringing Down The Horse by The Wallflowers
Year: 1996
Release date: 1996-05-21
Overall rank: 2,931st   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 192 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1996 (60th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (498th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,931st)

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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
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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 2,931st | 1990s rank: 498th | 1996 rank: 60th

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Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 192 votes)
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05/27/2026 03:36 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  11,66370/100
 
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04/29/2026 05:24 matterhornrider  Ratings distribution  5,08081/100
 
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70/100
From 01/07/2021 17:21 | #263975
Just ignore the Dylan comparisons and you'll enjoy this.
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100/100
From 04/27/2016 18:17 | #164743
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
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Rating:  
40/100
From 07/31/2013 11:12 | #82800
This album just seemed very pop to me. Jakob Dylan's songwriting is nowhere near that of his father's. While "Three Marlenas" was decent there were no eye-opening tracks.
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Rating:  
75/100
From 07/25/2013 15:06 | #82365
A little standard, but still quality pop-rock.
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From 05/26/2013 23:48 | #77325
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.
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75/100
From 10/14/2011 05:11 | #28423
The second half is very weak, but the first half is too good to leave off my list.
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From 09/01/2011 03:22 | #26901
Most of this album is just plain annoying. The rest is just your standard 90s rock. Pass.
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From 05/22/2011 23:26 | #22136
I'll actually take the first 5 tracks. This is not a terrible album.
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85/100
From 12/05/2010 14:03 | #16810
The first two tracks in this really don't get much better, pity the rest of the album is quite average
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From 05/13/2010 13:59 | #11680
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.
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