Down Colorful Hill
by Red House Painters
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Red House Painters bestography
Down Colorful Hill is ranked 2nd 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 2,425.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Down Colorful Hill track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 86 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Down Colorful Hill rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | bobnickmad | Top 98 Greatest Music Albums | 66/98 | 33 |
| 2026 |  meccalecca | Top 100 Music Albums of 1992 | 4/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | Rm12398 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 22/100 | 16 |
| 2026 | sunnydhamm | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 40/100 | 12 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 1992 | 22/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Hayden | Top 50 Music Albums of 1992 | 17/50 | 3 |
| 2026 | leniad | Top 13 Music Albums of 1992 | 7/13 | 3 |
| 2026 |  SomethingSpecial | Mark Kozelek Ranked | 4/32 | - |
| 2026 | Elauqsapid | Top 99 Music Albums of the 1990s | 1/99 | 20 |
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Top 62 Music Albums of 1992 | 44/62 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 280 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 2,112 | |||
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Down Colorful Hill ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/19/2026 15:15 |  Taka | 1,083 | 80/100 |
| ! | 08/08/2026 09:56 | Scrabbler | 291 | 76/100 |
| ! | 06/25/2026 12:34 | Map | 524 | 81/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 79.5/100, a mean average of 78.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.7.
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Forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 08/01/2026 16:00 in Monthly overall chart movements BestEverAlbums 08/01/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5391): By SomethingSpecial
neilgee 07/21/2026 13:41 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)Down Colorful Hill comments
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HoldenM 08/01/2025 15:42 | #310374
I've always sorta struggled with this one, but this time, it really hit. While this will probably never be my favorite RHP record, there's a ton here that I love, like the delicate, spacious songwriting that leaves plenty of room for the wealth of melancholy and longing in Mark Kozelek's lyrics. It's brutal and bruising and beautiful. (Edited)
SomethingSpecial 06/29/2025 12:09 | #309768
Red House Painters were lightning in a bottle from day one, and their debut record is a testament to Kozelek's early genius. Although Kozelek himself dislikes the album's reverb and echo-heavy mix, it is what drew me to this strange, marvellous, enchanting LP, especially the song Medicine Bottle, which is an almost 10 minute opus and one of their best tracks. (Edited)
This is quite amazing album, very slow but displaying such raw and relatable emotions with outstanding songwriting that it's almost impossible to not like this. (Edited)
Jboy56 04/21/2022 07:51 | #284454
Beautiful and moody. SOme songs are a a bit too long. (Edited)
It's hard to reconcile what an asshole Mark Kozelek is with how beautiful this album is. Because with The Smiths I can believe that the emotion is to a a certain point faked, but not here, this sensitivity can't be more real. People are complex I guess. (Edited)
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