The Wayward Bus
by The Magnetic Fields

Album
The Wayward Bus by The Magnetic Fields
Year: 1992
Release date: 1992-01-00
Overall rank: 8,463rd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 46 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1992 (138th)
Award Top albums of of the 1990s (1,350th)
Award Best albums of all time (8,463rd)

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The Magnetic Fields bestography

The Wayward Bus is ranked 7th best out of 15 albums by The Magnetic Fields on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by The Magnetic Fields is 69 Love Songs which is ranked number 489 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,489.

The Magnetic Fields album bestography « Higher ranked (8,102nd)
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The Wayward Bus Lower ranked (8,573rd) »
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The Wayward Bus track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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1.
When You Were My Baby
Average Rating: 82 (15 votes)Comments: View 0
2.
The Saddest Story Ever Told
Average Rating: 81 (13 votes)Comments: View 0
3.
Lovers From The Moon
Average Rating: 81 (12 votes)Comments: View 0
4.
Candy
Average Rating: 79 (10 votes)Comments: View 0
5.
Tokyo A-Go-Go
Average Rating: 81 (12 votes)Comments: View 0
6.
Summer Lies
Average Rating: 78 (10 votes)Comments: View 0
7.
Old Orchard Beach
Average Rating: 79 (9 votes)Comments: View 0
8.
Jeremy
Average Rating: 80 (12 votes)Comments: View 0
9.
Dancing In Your Eyes
Average Rating: 77 (8 votes)Comments: View 0
10.
Suddenly There Is A Tidal Wave
Average Rating: 77 (8 votes)Comments: View 0
11.
Railroad Boy
Average Rating: 76 (1 vote)Comments: View 0
12.
Smoke Signals
Average Rating: 76 (1 vote)Comments: View 0
13.
You Love To Fail
Average Rating: 76 (1 vote)Comments: View 0
14.
Kings
Average Rating: 76 (1 vote)Comments: View 0
15.
Babies Falling
Average Rating: 76 (1 vote)Comments: View 0
16.
Living In An Abandoned Firehouse With You
Average Rating: 76 (1 vote)Comments: View 0
17.
Tar-Heel Boy
Average Rating: 76 (1 vote)Comments: View 0
18.
Falling In Love With The Wolfboy
Average Rating: 76 (1 vote)Comments: View 0
19.
Josephine
Average Rating: 76 (1 vote)Comments: View 0
20.
100,000 Fireflies
Average Rating: 77 (1 vote)Comments: View 0

The Wayward Bus rankings

The Wayward Bus rankings summary
Overall rank: 8,463rd | 1990s rank: 1,350th | 1992 rank: 138th  Overall chart history
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The Wayward Bus ratings

Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 46 votes)
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 !		10/06/2026 02:35 AAL2014  Ratings distribution  4,33875/100
 
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 !		04/23/2026 13:59 davidleewrong  Ratings distribution  2,35781/100
 
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 !		04/09/2026 01:38 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  16,22470/100

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This album is rated in the top 9% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.8/100, a mean average of 75.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.0.


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The Wayward Bus forum mentions

This album has been referenced 23 times on the forums, Explore the wider forum discussion to see what members have said about it.
From albummaster 19 hours ago in The Magnetic Fields
“Just bringing this album for discussion: Discogs list the original album with 20 tracks Discogs notes that songs 11-20 previously released as "Distant Plastic Trees". There doesn't seem to be a track list where The Wayward Bus album is listed on its own. A 'combined' album is then formally released…”
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From BestEverAlbums 08/28/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5418): By baystateoftheart
“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by baystateoftheart () 1. by (1966) 2. by (1965) 3. by (1967) 4. by (1972) 5. by (1972) 6. (2015) 7. by (2013) 8. by (1969) 9. (1971) 11. by (2015) 12. by by (2012) 14. (1989) 15. (1970) 16. (2007) 17. by (1964) 18. by (1975) 19. by (1971) 21.…”
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From baystateoftheart 01/18/2025 18:10 in Bad Album Covers
“My big question is how are the pictures picked in the first place and why is there sometimes no picture of the singer/act at all? Right here is a good example. God bless you and each past and present band member always!!! Holly (a girl who loves their song named "I'd Rather Miss You") There are so…”
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Wall of sound at its sweetest, cutest and yet saddest
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