A River Ain't Too Much To Love
by Smog
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A River Ain't Too Much To Love is ranked 6th best out of 28 albums by Bill Callahan on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Bill Callahan is Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle which is ranked number 1925 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 880.
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A River Ain't Too Much To Love track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
A River Ain't Too Much To Love rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Cheboygan74 | Top 20 Music Albums of 2005 | 11/20 | 3 |
| 2026 | cmoshier | Top 99 Music Albums of 2005 | 10/99 | 5 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 100 Music Albums of 2005 | 5/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | jtrizzle35 | Top 68 Music Albums of the 2000s | 37/68 | 9 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 2005 | 52/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 100 Music Albums of 2005 | 26/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Graeme2 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2005 | 12/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | Juneof44 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 11/100 | 18 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | AllMusic Guide Best Albums 2005 | 40/50 | - |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 93 Music Albums of 2005 | 28/93 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 63 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 311 | |||
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A River Ain't Too Much To Love ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/06/2026 15:43 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,767 | 70/100 |
| ! | 02/26/2026 02:05 | Proto | 4,311 | 33/100 |
| ! | 12/05/2025 20:04 | LittleM1971 | 6,003 | 81/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.7/100, a mean average of 75.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.6.
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NoisyBeast 05/01/2024 13:26 in What album are you listening to right now?
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One of the best record ever. Straight, dry, just the nylon guitar of Bill and the drums of Jim White.
So sad not to see in the best 100 ever.
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