Trouble
by Ray LaMontagne

Album
Trouble by Ray LaMontagne
Year: 2004
Release date: 2004-09-14
Overall rank: 3,436th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 120 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2004 (57th)
Award Top albums of of the 2000s (585th)
Award Best albums of all time (3,436th)

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Trouble is ranked as the best album by Ray LaMontagne.

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Overall rank: 3,436th | 2000s rank: 585th | 2004 rank: 57th  Overall chart history
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Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 120 votes)
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 !		07/19/2026 16:48 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  15,74270/100
 
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 !		07/25/2025 20:30 Proto  Ratings distribution  4,31233/100

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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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From BestEverAlbums 08/09/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5399): By chisholm.matt
“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by ) 1. by (2011) 2. (2014) 3. by (2017) 4. by (2011) 5. (2004) 6. by by (2016) 8. by (2021) 9. by (2015) 10. by (2003) 11. by (2006) 12. by (2005) 13. by (2009) 14. by (2002) 15. by by (2018) 17. by (2014) 18. (2002) 19. by (2004) 20. by…”
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From BestEverAlbums 07/23/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5382): By jlsfourth
“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by ) 1. by (1965) 2. by (1969) 3. by (1973) 4. by by (1971) 6. by (1970) 7. by (1959) 8. by by (1976) 10. by (1970) 11. by by (1984) 14. (1971) 15. by (1958) 16. by (1998) 17. by (1969) 18. by (2024) 19. by (1997) 20. by (1965) 21. by by (2014)…”
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From pedro1976 10/27/2023 19:24 in What album are you listening to right now?
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From 02/26/2013 10:55 | #66214 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
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
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From 02/10/2012 17:13 | #36664 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
This is the best folk album of the last three decades, hands down...
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From 12/08/2016 04:33 | #179744 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
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.
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From 01/29/2010 03:32 | #8687 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
"Burn" is possibly my favourite ever song
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From 08/21/2014 17:04 | #119995 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
the voice. the songs. what planet is this guy from?
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