Old Ramon
by Red House Painters
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Old Ramon is ranked 5th best out of 9 albums by Red House Painters on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Red House Painters is Red House Painters (Rollercoaster) which is ranked number 710 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,426.
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Old Ramon track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Old Ramon rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Juneof44 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 27/100 | 15 |
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 59 Music Albums of 2001 | 45/59 | 1 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 90 Music Albums of 2001 | 32/90 | 3 |
| 2026 | sunnydhamm | Top 38 Music Albums of 2001 | 28/38 | 1 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 89 Music Albums of 2001 | 36/89 | 3 |
| 2026 |  SomethingSpecial | Mark Kozelek Ranked | 18/32 | - |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 2001 | 80/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 92 Music Albums of 2001 | 92/92 | 0 |
| 2026 | stangetzaway | Top 24 Music Albums of 2001 | 11/24 | 3 |
| 2026 |  arthurbittencourt | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 9/100 | 18 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 49 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 174 | |||
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Old Ramon ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/23/2026 15:07 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,767 | 70/100 |
| ! | 08/20/2025 19:18 | Ilovesuicide | 373 | 67/100 |
| ! | 06/27/2025 11:55 | TonySayers61 | 25,755 | 64/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 7% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.1/100, a mean average of 75.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.3.
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Skinny 03/12/2020 11:44 in What album are you listening to right now?Old Ramon comments
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luigybetis TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/23/2018 14:26 | #215472 | TOP COMMENT
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It is not as good or creative as its predecessors, but this is still a really solid album with some beautiful songs such as Void or River. 8/10. (Edited)
babyBlueSedan TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/16/2020 02:47 | #246880 | TOP COMMENT
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After a lot of listens, this is easily my second favorite RHP album after Down Colorful Hill. It blends the peaceful folk sound of Ghost of the Great Highway with slowcore, the latter of which is especially prominent on "Kavita" and "Cruiser." It has some of the best songs Kozelek ever wrote with his band (though at this point the band was basically just him), including "Void," "Between Days," "Cruiser," and "Smokey." "Between Days has a riff that I could listen to for hours, and "Smokey" has some beautiful dueling guitars. It someone manages to be more focused than Songs for a Blue Guitar while being more varied and sounding more vital than either of the band's self-titled albums.
Much brighter and happier than the average RHP fare. Some of the songs are really touching ("Whop-a-Din-Din" is the most touching song ever written about someone's cat). Other songs (I'm looking at you, "Void") go on WAY too long and are just plain cheesy. The album is, however, enjoyable.
Worth the listen, definitely for the track "Cruiser", have that song on repeat. My favourite RHP, think Sun Kil Moon is a better project for Mark Kozelek
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