Children Running Through
by Patty Griffin

Album
Children Running Through by Patty Griffin
Year: 2007
Release date: 2007-02-06
Overall rank: 9,088th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 13 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2007 (151st)
Award Top albums of of the 2000s (1,573rd)
Award Best albums of all time (9,088th)

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Patty Griffin bestography

Children Running Through is ranked 2nd best out of 14 albums by Patty Griffin on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Patty Griffin is 1000 Kisses which is ranked number 8160 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 155.

Patty Griffin album bestography « Higher ranked (8,160th)
1000 Kisses This album (9,088th)
Children Running Through Lower ranked (10,716th) »
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Children Running Through rankings summary
Overall rank: 9,088th | 2000s rank: 1,573rd | 2007 rank: 151st  Overall chart history
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Children Running Through ratings

Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 13 votes)
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 !		10/29/2025 12:21 chisholm.matt  Ratings distribution  32976/100
 
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 !		07/13/2022 15:32 replacementlevel  Ratings distribution  7,80670/100

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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 76.4/100, a mean average of 79.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.7.


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Children Running Through forum mentions

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From BestEverAlbums 08/09/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5399): By chisholm.matt
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Interesting that this one hadn't made a list yet. From what I've heard of Ms. Griffin's work, this is the most personal, most diverse, and best-realized album. (Edited)
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