The Wind That Shakes The Barley (studio album) by Loreena McKennitt
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Loreena McKennitt bestography
The Wind That Shakes The Barley is ranked 8th best out of 17 albums by Loreena McKennitt on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Loreena McKennitt is The Visit which is ranked number 3098 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 488.
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The Wind That Shakes The Barley track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Wind That Shakes The Barley rankings
All 9 charts that this album appears in:
Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
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2025 | ![]() | Top 100 Music Albums of 2010 | 57/100 | 2 |
2025 | spinout | Top 98 Music Albums of the 2010s | 3/98 | 20 |
2025 | ![]() | Top 100 Music Albums of 2010 | 42/100 | 3 |
2024 | ![]() | Top 100 Music Albums of 2010 | 22/100 | 4 |
2024 | MrOlan | Top 10 Music Albums of 2010 | 3/10 | 4 |
2024 | MrOlan | Top 95 Music Albums of the 2010s | 25/95 | 15 |
2019 | ![]() | Loreena McKennitt Albums Ranked | 7/13 | - |
2019 | ![]() | Top 100 Music Albums of 2010 | 90/100 | 1 |
2018 | ![]() | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 81/100 | 4 |
Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 9 | |||
Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 52 |
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Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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80/100 ![]() | 12/22/2023 03:38 | MrOlan | ![]() | 78/100 |
70/100 ![]() | 08/03/2021 14:44 | TodFitz | ![]() | 63/100 |
75/100 ![]() | 01/02/2021 18:49 | LosWochos | ![]() | 75/100 |
70/100 ![]() | 07/19/2020 19:34 | ![]() | ![]() | 81/100 |
60/100 ![]() | 03/26/2019 15:46 | ![]() | ![]() | 68/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 24% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.7/100, a mean average of 74.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 8.3.
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