Young Man In America
by Anaïs Mitchell
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Anaïs Mitchell bestography
Young Man In America is ranked 2nd best out of 7 albums by Anaïs Mitchell on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Anaïs Mitchell is Hadestown which is ranked number 3052 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 502.
(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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Young Man In America track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Young Man In America rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 1 hour ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | martintho | Top 100 Music Albums of 2012 | 27/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Glide Our Top Albums of 2012 | 2/51 | - |
| 2025 |  HelsinkiSnorkel | Top 72 Music Albums of 2012 | 39/72 | 2 |
| 2025 | lisalisa | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 52/100 | 45 |
| 2025 | cicadelic | Frontier Psychiatrist: Top 50 Albums of 2012 | 30/52 | - |
| 2024 |  buzzdainer | Top 99 Music Albums of 2012 | 41/99 | 3 |
| 2024 |  EyeKanFly | AM Bubbling Under 2010s 12 | 76/100 | - |
| 2024 | ASOARE | Top 99 Music Albums of 2012 | 85/99 | 1 |
| 2023 |  HoldenM | Top 35 Music Albums of 2012 | 10/35 | 4 |
| 2023 | replacementlevel | Top 50 Music Albums of 2012 | 41/50 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 36 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 124 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 03/10/2026 08:50 | Leginlists | 3,837 | 83/100 |
| ! | 12/29/2023 08:32 | HelsinkiSnorkel | 2,273 | 79/100 |
| ! | 02/08/2023 14:19 | replacementlevel | 7,772 | 70/100 |
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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 73.4/100, a mean average of 72.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.8.
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Seems to flutter in and out from its own magic world, the place it comes back to tell stories from.
Less epic than Hadestown for sure, but still a wonderful album. Anais Mitchell has become one of the best and most literate songwriters around, and her last couple of albums have been very well produced. I saw her perform this album in a tiny, crowded music store earlier this year, and she seemed like a warm and charming person as well (and the sound quality is just as good live as in the studio).
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