History
by Loudon Wainwright III
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Loudon Wainwright III bestography
History is ranked 3rd 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 25795 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 36.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
Upcoming concerts
Jan
29
Thu
19:30
Loudon Wainwright III & Chris Smither
Birchmere, Alexandria, United States. 
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Jan
30
Fri
20:00
Loudon Wainwright III / Chris Smither (Co-Bill)
Jefferson Theater, Charlottesville, United States.
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Feb
01
Sun
19:00
Loudon Wainwright III w/ Chris Smither
Zellerbach Theatre, Philadelphia, United States.
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History track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (12 out of 14 tracks have been rated).
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History rankings
Rankings summary
Overall rank: 34,767th | 1990s rank: 5,351st | 1992 rank: 510th| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | cicadelic | Entertainment Weekly Best Albums 1992 | 5/10 | - |
| 2025 |  sssvnnn | Top 74 Music Albums of 1992 | 40/74 | 2 |
| 2024 | cronadigallina | Top 100 Music Albums of 1992 | 85/100 | 1 |
| 2023 |  TheDude85 | Top 67 Music Albums of the 1990s | 12/67 | 17 |
| 2022 | iancrockert141 | Top 28 Music Albums of 1992 | 27/28 | 0 |
| 2022 | amirmishali | Top 37 Music Albums of 1992 | 21/37 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 6 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 23 | |||
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History collection
Showing all 5 members who have this album in their collection
History ratings
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AVwhere:
av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating.
N.B. The average rating for this album will not be reliable as it has been rated very few times.
Showing all 5 ratings for this album.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 04/08/2025 17:06 | cicadelic | 11,700 | 73/100 |
| ! | 07/29/2024 03:47 | dhbarrett | 8,279 | 65/100 |
| ! | 06/14/2019 21:17 | TheDude85 | 9,536 | 83/100 |
| ! | 12/05/2014 09:48 | BraddlesHendo | 3,767 | 75/100 |
| ! | 05/29/2014 19:16 | mostlymor | 6,781 | 79/100 |
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