Vagabonds Of The Western World
by Thin Lizzy
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Thin Lizzy bestography
Vagabonds Of The Western World is ranked 10th best out of 25 albums by Thin Lizzy on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Thin Lizzy is Jailbreak which is ranked number 664 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,577.
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Vagabonds Of The Western World track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Vagabonds Of The Western World rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 7 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Squonk007 | Top 23 Music Albums of 1973 | 13/23 | 2 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 61 Music Albums of 1973 | 49/61 | 1 |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 | 21/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | MasterOfPuppets | Top 500 Albums: 201-300 | 88/100 | - |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 | 64/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  rambleon80 | Greatest Music Albums #101 - 200 | 76/100 | - |
| 2026 | MasterOfPuppets | Top 18 Music Albums of 1973 | 7/18 | 3 |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 53 Music Albums of 1973 | 28/53 | 2 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | 1973: Part 2- #101-200 | 2/42 | - |
| 2026 | MasterOfPuppets | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 69/100 | 6 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 50 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 106 | |||
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Vagabonds Of The Western World ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/10/2026 21:13 | Artem | 872 | 77/100 |
| ! | 05/25/2026 09:27 | Jonboy | 154 | 78/100 |
| ! | 04/04/2026 08:25 | Olli | 7,970 | 62/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 18% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.8/100, a mean average of 74.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.7.
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Vagabonds Of The Western World forum mentions
Repo 09/14/2026 00:30 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) dihansse 07/25/2024 20:39 in My discoveries per year Repo 09/12/2022 19:12 in What album are you listening to right now?Vagabonds Of The Western World comments
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This is where Thin Lizzy became the Rock god we know, this record right here.
Best song(s): Mama Nature Said; Slow Blues; The Rocker; Vagabonds of the Western World; Little Girl in Blood; Whiskey In The Jar (on the '91 rerelease) (Edited)
Bork TOP 100 COMMENTER 06/11/2013 03:01 | #78573
A couple good hits but the rest is filler. Make sure to get the expanded re-release that includes Whiskey in the Jar. (Edited)
I really love this album. It shows that Thin Lizzy was a really good blues band before they started writing pop songs. "The Hero and the Madman is a really exciting song". (Edited)
Keeping up with the inconsistency of the Eric Bell era, this album seems to have a lot of great ideas, yet not all of them were fleshed out. However, it's a major step up from the likes of their debut, and the tracks "The Rocker", the title track, and, particularly, "Mama Nature Said", are fantastic. (Edited)
Best Track: The Rocker (Edited)
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