Devils & Dust
by Bruce Springsteen
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Bruce Springsteen bestography
Devils & Dust is ranked 18th best out of 162 albums by Bruce Springsteen on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Bruce Springsteen is Born To Run which is ranked number 81 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 14,222.
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Devils & Dust track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 73 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Devils & Dust rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | hedera | Top 49 Music Albums of 2005 | 46/49 | 0 |
| 2026 | joathome | Top 82 Music Albums of 2005 | 47/82 | 2 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | AllMusic Guide Best Albums 2005 | 43/50 | - |
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 55 Music Albums of 2005 | 38/55 | 2 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 2005 | 75/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2005 | 86/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Monitor Best Albums 2005 | 8/44 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 2005 | 48/100 | - |
| 2026 | Siromynian | Top 28 Music Albums of 2005 | 28/28 | 0 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Springsteen | 17/26 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 112 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 280 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 5 days ago | Siromynian | 1,786 | 74/100 |
| ! | 09/19/2026 21:41 | spookeaze | 7 | 76/100 |
| ! | 07/29/2026 15:00 | Cyrax | 1,878 | 61/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.9/100, a mean average of 70.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.7.
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pedro1976 04/26/2023 21:33 in What album are you listening to right now?Devils & Dust comments
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Devils & dust is Bruce springsteen's follow up to 2002's, the rising. Harking back to the acoustic sparseness of the, Nebraska, and, ghost of Tom Joad, albums, although there is a lot more band instrumentation this time around. The title track, is excellent, and the best song on the album. It's kind of a re-write of Bob Dylan's, with God on our side. Other strong acoustic tracks are the beautiful, Leah, the lovely, black cowboys, and the boxing drama, the hitter. All the way home, is the most band-like song on the record, and that particular track was recorded during the human touch/lucky town sessions. Other highlights are, Reno, which wouldn't have been out of place on the, Tom Joad, album, there's also the bluesy rock'n'roll of, all I'm thinkin'about, and the wonderful closing track, matamoros banks. Maria's bed, is great fun, similar to, Mary's place, on, the rising, but this time more country than Motown. The only weak tracks are, silver palomino, and, Jesus was an only son, but that's just my personal opinion. Devils & dust, isn't an essential Springsteen album, but it is another piece of the puzzle. Good stuff.
I'm gonna be honest. The album isn't comparing to Springsteen's past classics. The tracks range from bad to alright with one exception. The album's sole classic is the title track. Disappointing, but not awful. Just don't expect it to be Born to Run or The Rising.
It is a good album by most standards but one of the ones that has disapointed me the most. There is no real focus that you are used to with Bruce.
zags7000 06/11/2015 23:18 | #143618 | TOP COMMENT
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This was the first Springsteen album I listened to. Great songwriting. Love the title track. Doesn't hold up as strong as his previous album The Rising but this is still great music.
After the overblown and unexciting The Rising, Springsteen returns with a haunting, cinematic set of folk songs about down and out characters. No one does this like Springsteen, but overall this is just a weak project. After listening several times, nothing really stands out.
Not recommended.
Condensed to a 7" Single:
Side A: Long Time Comin'
Side B: Matamoros Banks
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