Straightaways (studio album) by Son Volt
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Straightaways is ranked 8th best out of 14 albums by Son Volt on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Son Volt is Trace which is ranked number 1765 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 958.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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80/100  | 07/07/2023 03:33 |  Repo | | 85/100 |
75/100 | 01/12/2022 08:11 | Pluto11 | | 72/100 |
75/100 | 02/09/2021 19:01 | LosWochos | | 75/100 |
90/100 | 01/20/2021 00:17 |  NoisyBeast | | 74/100 |
80/100 | 01/02/2021 18:56 |  TheDude85 | | 83/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 9% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.2/100, a mean average of 76.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 9.5.
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junodog4 01/01/2018 16:46
After Trace, they just repeated the formula, and not even with the same quality. You can skip this album.
When Uncle Tupelo broke up, Jeff Tweedy went on to head the band Wilco, while Jay Farrar started his own band named Son Volt. Son Volt's debut "Trace" is a major triumph for Farrar, something that defines a career and is hard to replicate.
Here, Jay Farrar and Son Volt try to repeat the success of their debut, and while the results are mostly pleasing, it is nothing more than "Trace, part 2."
Unlike Wilco, Son Volt became defined by their debut and they continue to make music in that vein. Though the music is often good, someone who is not enthralled by Trace would likely not enjoy the rest of Son Volt's catalog.
Still, Straightaways delivers. You've got the upbeat guitar songs like "Picking up the Signal, tender shuffles like "Back to Your World," and melancholy folk like "Last Minute Shakedown"
Track Pick: "Back Into Your World"
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