The Magnolia Electric Co.
by Songs: Ohia

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The Magnolia Electric Co. by Songs: Ohia
Year: 2003
Release date: 2003-03-03
Overall rank: 440th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
82/100 (from 307 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 10 albums of 2003 (7th)
Award Top 100 albums of of the 2000s (70th)
Award Top 500 albums of all time (440th)

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Songs: Ohia bestography

The best album by Jason Molina is The Magnolia Electric Co. which is ranked number 440 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,825.

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The Magnolia Electric Co. track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 84 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Farewell Transmission
Average Rating: 89 (116 votes)Comments: View 2
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I've Been Riding With The Ghost
Average Rating: 84 (90 votes)Comments: View 0
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Just Be Simple
Average Rating: 85 (91 votes)Comments: View 0
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Almost Was Good Enough
Average Rating: 84 (87 votes)Comments: View 0
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The Old Black Hen
Average Rating: 82 (86 votes)Comments: View 0
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Peoria Lunch Box Blues
Average Rating: 80 (82 votes)Comments: View 0
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John Henry Split My Heart
Average Rating: 84 (87 votes)Comments: View 0
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Hold On Magnolia
Average Rating: 86 (97 votes)Comments: View 0

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The Magnolia Electric Co. rankings

The Magnolia Electric Co. rankings summary
Overall rank: 440th | 2000s rank: 70th | 2003 rank: 7th  Overall chart history
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The Magnolia Electric Co. forum mentions

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From BestEverAlbums 06/10/2026 20:00 in Album of the day (#7217): The Magnolia Electric Co. by Songs: Ohia
“Today's album of the day The Magnolia Electric Co. by Songs: Ohia ( | ) Year: 2003. Country: Jason Molina discography rank: 1 (out of 22 listed on BEA) 2003 rank: 8 2000s rank: 74 Overall rank: 449 Average rating: 82/100 (from 305 votes). Tracks: 1. Farewell Transmission 2. I've Been Riding With…”
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From 10/06/2021 10:05 | #274722 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
This album feels very sentimental and incredibly composed. All songs create the same atmosphere and that allows us to just glide through the music so easily. The instrumentation is brilliant, the guitar and piano work being personal standouts for me. You can see all the inspirations the artist has in the music as well which creates an incredible mixture of ideas that all come to fruition by the closing track. Overall, a modern country masterpiece that is so easy to put on time and time again. (Edited)
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From 04/13/2020 04:31 | #249867 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Well, this is just damn-near flawless. Fantastic country album that delivers crushing instrumentals but balances that with memorable riffs and melodies. (Edited)
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From 12/11/2013 17:35 | #97258 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
This understatedly groovin album reminds me of neil young, wilco and maybe a little pavement all in one. (Mostly neil young.) Well, maybe not "old black hen" which has an old-school, deep country vibe. And not the female vox on "peoria lunch box blues". But the whole album has this road-weary, broken-down country feel.
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From 01/24/2021 18:47 | #265009 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
I don't think it can get any better thabn this. Probably my favorite album of all times. (Edited)
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This has a country/americana/folk background, but quite different from most albums of this kind nonetheless. It clearly has a modern vibe, at points it moved closer to alternative and to rock- which was obvious both in the vocals and in the instrumentation-, so it was rather easy on my ears. Also, this is isn't just for background music, it demands your attention with its energy. The female vocas in Peoria Lunch Box Blues were another nice touch, though my favorite song of the album is easily I've Been Riding With The Ghost. Still, consistency was great, not a single weak track.
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