High, Low And In Between
by Townes Van Zandt
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Townes Van Zandt bestography
High, Low And In Between is ranked 8th best out of 34 albums by Townes Van Zandt on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Townes Van Zandt is Townes Van Zandt which is ranked number 706 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,453.
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High, Low And In Between track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
High, Low And In Between rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | BlueNote | Underrated Albums | 17/32 | - |
| 2026 |  Repo | Top 63 Music Albums of 1972 | 4/63 | 5 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | top 65r albums (64), #0501-0600 | 48/100 | - |
| 2026 |  DriftingOrpheus | Top 3 Music Albums of 1972 | 3/3 | 2 |
| 2026 | Cheboygan74 | Top 12 Music Albums of 1972 | 3/12 | 4 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1972 | 92/100 | 0 |
| 2026 | BlueNote | Best Country Albums | 29/50 | - |
| 2026 | DriftingOrpheus | Top 8 Music Albums of the 1970s | 8/8 | 3 |
| 2026 | Cheboygan74 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 11/100 | 18 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 74 Music Albums of 1972 | 26/74 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 48 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 137 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/02/2026 04:17 | DriftingOrpheus | 730 | 81/100 |
| ! | 04/19/2026 01:40 | davidleewrong | 2,357 | 81/100 |
| ! | 04/15/2026 01:43 | AAL2014 | 4,331 | 75/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 21% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.7/100, a mean average of 73.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.0.
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BestEverAlbums 08/11/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5401): By Repo Repo 04/07/2019 09:32 in What album are you listening to right now? Repo 05/11/2017 02:26 in Rank 'Em: The Beach BoysHigh, Low And In Between comments
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Repo TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/11/2017 02:32 | #190610 | TOP COMMENT
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A HAND TO PICK YOU BACK UP AGAIN
Shake the dust off of your wings
And the tears out of your eyes (TVZ, To Live is To Fly)
Go ahead. Read the rest of the lyrics to “To Live Is To Fly.” I can wait. I got all the time in the world. I’m going to singe those lyrics into my brain. Write them on my hands. On random peaces of paper. Because there is a whole lot of wisdom in those lines. Perhaps the key line is ….
But it don't pay to think too much
On things you leave behind
We all spend way too much time in the past. And all that thinking & regret & second guessing ruins this very moment. It can ruin the future. And It can ruin the rest of your life if you let it. What’s gone is gone. What’s done is done. It only pays to move forward and let go.
If TVZ’s self-titled album kicked you in the guts and left you hungover in some alley gutter with vomit on your shirt and urine down your pant leg, High, Low & In Between picks you back up again. It extends its warm, encouraging hand, pulls you up from the vomit and the pist filled streets, pats you on the back and buys you a beer. And says “Don’t worry, brother. It’s going to be alright. I’ve been there myself a time or two.”
While there are one or two songs that are bit “Low”, most of the album is concerned with the “Highs” - good time rollers, spirituals, and even a fun, light-hearted goof (No Deal). This an album that puts a smile on your face and shows you the way back onto your feet. With humor, dancing, singing, some drinking, and just a bit of the good Lord’s help.
Grade: A+. This is pretty much the counterpoint to TVZ’s self-titled album. A wonderful album about enjoying life TODAY no matter what happened yesterday. About how there is always second chances and comebacks. As TVZ says,
We all got holes to fill
Them holes are all that's real
Some fall on you like a storm
Sometimes you dig your own
The choice is yours to make
Time is yours to take
Some sail upon/dive into the sea
Some toil upon the stone
So I’ll be throwing away my shovel and diving into the sea. And I’m going to take this album with me as I jump into that cresting wave all the way to number 12.
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