Last Man On Earth
by Loudon Wainwright III
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Loudon Wainwright III bestography
Last Man On Earth is ranked 4th best out of 24 albums by Loudon Wainwright III on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Loudon Wainwright III is More Love Songs which is ranked number 27309 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 34.
(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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Last Man On Earth track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Last Man On Earth rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 100 Music Albums of 2001 | 74/100 | 1 |
| 2024 | cicadelic | Americana UK Best Albums 2001 | 6/21 | - |
| 2023 |  TheDude85 | Undiscovered (By Many) Singer/Songwriters | 11/93 | - |
| 2019 | rkm | Top 29 Music Albums of 2001 | 20/29 | 2 |
| 2013 | Nightfly | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 51/100 | 10 |
| 2001 | OOR | Jaarlijst Oor 2001 | 55/99 | 2 |
| 2001 | Village Voice | Village Voice Albums of the Year 2001 | 82/100 | 1 |
| 2001 | Washington City Paper | Best Albums 2001 | 43/50 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 8 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 17 | |||
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Last Man On Earth ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 02/01/2025 04:20 | dhbarrett | 8,613 | 65/100 |
| ! | 10/16/2023 11:55 | cicadelic | 13,574 | 73/100 |
| ! | 01/24/2021 16:35 | TheDude85 | 9,536 | 83/100 |
| ! | 04/27/2020 21:46 | Pluto11 | 12,259 | 72/100 |
| ! | 11/03/2018 03:57 |  rockinsteve | 1,236 | 83/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.6/100, a mean average of 71.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.6.
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rockinsteve 11/03/2018 03:58 | #223760
Enjoyable folk/rock album. Loudon recorded this album in a response to losing his mother. It is at times maudlin and humorous. Nice vocals and backing instrumentation make this an essential album if you're a fan of Loudon or folk rock in general.
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