My Life
by Iris DeMent
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Iris DeMent bestography
My Life is ranked as the best album by Iris DeMent.
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My Life track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
My Life rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  imimesis | Top 20 Music Albums of 1994 | 18/20 | 1 |
| 2026 |  covecove | Top 100 Music Albums of 1994 | 69/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | henrygreen0203 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 69/100 | 6 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 100 Music Albums of 1994 | 92/100 | 0 |
| 2026 |  baystateoftheart | Top 100 Music Albums of 1994 | 33/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  EyeKanFly | Top 100 Music Albums of 1994 | 45/100 | 3 |
| 2025 |  TheDude85 | Top 99 Music Albums of 1994 | 79/99 | 1 |
| 2024 | cicadelic | Robert Christgau: Dean's List 1994 | 5/60 | - |
| 2024 | uDiscoverMusic | The Best Albums of 1994 | 47/69 | 2 |
| 2024 |  buzzdainer | Top 49 Music Albums of 1994 | 7/49 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 29 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 89 | |||
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My Life ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 12/24/2025 22:13 | BorderFreeAndrew | 15,759 | 74/100 |
| ! | 10/19/2024 16:52 | baystateoftheart | 2,903 | 72/100 |
| ! | 12/13/2023 22:48 | LosWochos | 47,545 | 75/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.7/100, a mean average of 76.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.4.
My Life forum mentions
Rhyner 06/16/2026 17:17 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) EyeKanFly 10/18/2021 20:25 in You must listen to the album below you: canon edition EyeKanFly 10/17/2021 15:49 in What album are you listening to right now?My Life comments
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TheDude85 10/04/2020 23:00 | #259005
There's a tone or quality in Iris DeMent's voice that just triggers affection. I'm not sure what to call it, but when I hear her sing (despite my previous natural aversion to "hillibilly music") I am 100% transported by her authenticity and a feeling of empathy over-takes me. Perhaps it the girlishness of her vocalese (which would seem to under-cut the very adult subject matters she sings about) that bears a certain wisdom beyond her years kind of thought. Anyway, the 10 songs here have an autobiographical base, performed with minimal sound and fury that supports the intimate nature of the atmosphere.
buzzdainer TOP 100 COMMENTER 09/07/2016 18:46 | #174484
I was first drawn to Iris DeMent by a review in SPIN magazine that described the album in this way: "One step--but only one step--more secular than her beloved fundamentalist parents, Iris DeMent's preserved twang and suspended orchestrations unlock gospel and country for rock fans, offering unbreakable gentleness as a modern epiphany about rural values." This is a fine backwoods Appalachian folk album, highlighted by "You've Done Nothing Wrong," a song that attempts to grapple with the ineffable feelings that come at the end of relationships that fizzle out rather than ending with infidelity or conflict.
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