Trouble
by Ray LaMontagne
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Trouble is ranked as the best album by Ray LaMontagne.
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Trouble track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| ! | 07/19/2026 16:48 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,452 | 70/100 |
| ! | 02/28/2026 01:06 | DaveH68 | 1,363 | 76/100 |
| ! | 07/25/2025 20:30 | Proto | 4,241 | 33/100 |
| ! | 06/15/2025 07:38 | Juneof44 | 2,617 | 69/100 |
| ! | 09/20/2024 11:00 | RemainInLight | 3,643 | 35/100 |
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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 76.6/100, a mean average of 75.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.3.
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Your best company for a long, lonely winter night.
Super underrated album for this site. Thought it'd be top 10 for 2004.
Cohesive. Fresh. Every song is good. And its got classics "trouble" "jolene."
Whatevs.
Ray Lamontagne's debut album is a great collection of acoustic based Americana. Incorporating folk, country and rock into something both beautiful and aching. Some great songs here; Hannah, forever my friend, and, jolene(no, not that one), are the best tracks here. The title song was a surprising hit, and Lamontagne has continued to make good albums since. Great record.
Hands down one of the best folk album I've listened to. I can't believe I didn't start listening to his music until a few days ago. Husband brought to my attention his newest album Ouroboros a few days ago, I enjoyed it instantly so I looked him up on Apple Music and downloaded this album. This is way better than Ouroboros.
the voice. the songs. what planet is this guy from?
ffudnebbuh 02/26/2013 10:55 | #66214 | TOP COMMENT
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I wasn't a big fan of "Trouble" when it came out, but I heard "Jolene" last week and was blown away..."Jolene" is a masterpiece, perfect arrangement, paints a vivid picture of addiction and lonliness, great vocals
chisholm.matt 02/10/2012 17:13 | #36664 | TOP COMMENT
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This is the best folk album of the last three decades, hands down...
RaineyWins 01/29/2010 03:32 | #8687 | TOP COMMENT
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"Burn" is possibly my favourite ever song
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