I Learned The Hard Way
by Sharon Jones And The Dap-Kings
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Sharon Jones And The Dap-Kings bestography
I Learned The Hard Way is ranked 3rd best out of 10 albums by Sharon Jones And The Dap-Kings on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Sharon Jones And The Dap-Kings is Give The People What They Want which is ranked number 9685 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 126.
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I Learned The Hard Way track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 73 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
I Learned The Hard Way 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 | blueandthemoon | Top 72 Music Albums of 2010 | 19/72 | 4 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Heineken.es Mejores Discos internacionales 2010 | 19/20 | - |
| 2026 | Jaymantheman | Top 31 Music Albums of 2010 | 10/31 | 4 |
| 2026 |  baystateoftheart | Top 100 Music Albums of 2010 | 19/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Exclaim! Soul and R&B: Year in Review 2010 | 2/10 | - |
| 2026 | blueandthemoon | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 87/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Ranked listening log 2010 101-126 | 12/26 | - |
| 2025 |  buzzdainer | Top 82 Music Albums of 2010 | 69/82 | 1 |
| 2025 | DigitalDreamDoor | Albums of the year 2010 | 28/99 | 4 |
| 2024 |  EyeKanFly | AM Bubbling Under 2010s 11 | 21/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 36 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 72 | |||
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I Learned The Hard Way ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/19/2024 17:30 | baystateoftheart | 2,885 | 72/100 |
| ! | 11/22/2022 03:29 |  imacgill | 2,828 | 79/100 |
| ! | 04/05/2022 03:13 | Moondance | 20,798 | 72/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 11% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.6/100, a mean average of 73.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.8.
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Forum mentions
neilgee 06/25/2026 07:39 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) Purplepash 06/29/2021 09:04 in What album are you listening to right now? Purplepash 06/29/2021 09:03 in You must listen to the album below you: canon editionI Learned The Hard Way comments
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zdwyatt 10/24/2013 19:56 | #89118
This sounds like late-60s/early-70s soul. Put this on after work while you enjoy a glass of wine, and see if it doesn't improve the quality of your life.
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