Gossip In The Grain
by Ray LaMontagne
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Ray LaMontagne bestography
Gossip In The Grain is ranked 5th best out of 10 albums by Ray LaMontagne on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Ray LaMontagne is Trouble which is ranked number 3452 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 437.
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Gossip In The Grain track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Gossip In The Grain rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 2008 | 66/95 | - |
| 2026 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 2008 | 42/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 90 Music Albums of 2008 | 84/90 | 0 |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2008 | 53/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | jlsfourth | Top 100 Albums of the 21st Century | 7/100 | - |
| 2026 | jlsfourth | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 39/100 | 59 |
| 2026 | blueandthemoon | Top 66 Music Albums of 2008 | 32/66 | 3 |
| 2025 |  chisholm.matt | Top 23 Music Albums of the 2000s | 15/23 | 8 |
| 2025 | chisholm.matt | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 48/100 | 48 |
| 2025 | craab | Albums for driving through each state | 73/94 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 33 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 197 | |||
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Gossip In The Grain ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/10/2026 14:39 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,645 | 70/100 |
| ! | 03/12/2026 21:32 | bjorndedrij | 178 | 55/100 |
| ! | 02/28/2026 00:02 | DaveH68 | 1,363 | 76/100 |
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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 73.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.5.
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Gossip In The Grain forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 08/09/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5399): By chisholm.mattView latest topic →
pedro1976 10/20/2025 16:15 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) pedro1976 10/15/2023 11:16 in What album are you listening to right now?Gossip In The Grain comments
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Ray Lamontagne's third album sees him continuing his rustic sound. It's a good record, but to me the first two tracks, you are the best thing, and, let it be me, sound like songs requested by his record company for two commercial tracks for single purposes and then he can do what he wants with the rest of the album. They are the weakest songs on the album. Best of the better tracks are, Sarah,Meg White, and, Henry nearly killed me. Another competent Ray Lamontagne record.
llibnanoon 06/22/2020 18:48 | #254235 | TOP COMMENT
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Meh. Little sleepy.
ray's finest.
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