Flyin' Shoes
by Townes Van Zandt
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Townes Van Zandt bestography
Flyin' Shoes is ranked 7th best out of 34 albums by Townes Van Zandt on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Townes Van Zandt is Townes Van Zandt which is ranked number 701 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,466.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Flyin' Shoes track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Flyin' Shoes rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Cheboygan74 | Top 12 Music Albums of 1978 | 3/12 | 4 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 76 Music Albums of 1978 | 33/76 | 3 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Townes Van Zandt: So Far.. | 4/8 | - |
| 2026 |  DriftingOrpheus | Top 39 Greatest Music Albums | 37/39 | 8 |
| 2026 |  Hayden | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 71/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | AAL2014 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 22/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | Cheboygan74 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 16/100 | 17 |
| 2026 |  pedro1976 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 97/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Repo | Top 99 Music Albums of 1978 | 32/99 | 3 |
| 2026 |  neilgee | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 34/100 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 42 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 137 | |||
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Flyin' Shoes ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 07/18/2026 19:44 | DriftingOrpheus | 730 | 81/100 |
| ! | 04/28/2026 12:51 | AAL2014 | 4,229 | 75/100 |
| ! | 01/25/2026 15:22 |  LedZep | 5,101 | 79/100 |
Rating metrics:
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album is rated in the top 9% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.8/100, a mean average of 73.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.3.
Forum mentions
pedro1976 04/21/2026 20:55 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) Repo 11/25/2021 15:20 in What album are you listening to right now? neilgee 08/26/2019 09:53 in What album are you listening to right now?Flyin' Shoes comments
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Martini 04/24/2021 22:23 | #268943 | TOP COMMENT
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This is a very underrated TVZ album. It might take a few listens to get into it, but once you get to know the songs better every listen is a great experience. Lovely melodies and beautiful poetic lyrics like on all of his albums (Edited)
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