Small Town Heroes
by Hurray For The Riff Raff

Small Town Heroes by Hurray For The Riff Raff
Year: 2014
Release date: 2014-02-11
Overall rank: 14,443rd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 26 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2014 (313th)
Award Top albums of the 2010s (2,941st)
Award Best albums of all time (14,443rd)

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Hurray For The Riff Raff bestography

Small Town Heroes is ranked 4th best out of 10 albums by Hurray For The Riff Raff on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Hurray For The Riff Raff is The Past Is Still Alive which is ranked number 3905 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 377.

Hurray For The Riff Raff album bestography « Higher ranked (8,724th)
Life On Earth
This album (14,443rd)
Small Town Heroes
Lower ranked (73,463rd) »
My Dearest Darkest Neighbor

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Small Town Heroes rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 14,443rd | 2010s rank: 2,941st | 2014 rank: 313th
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2026asimpkinsTop 44 Music Albums of 201435/441
2026 zags7000Top 100 Music Albums of 201471/1002
2026 covecoveTop 100 Music Albums of 201476/1001
2025AlienCinemaTop 100 Music Albums of 201498/1000
2025martinthoTop 100 Music Albums of 201456/1002
2024 meccaleccaTop 100 Music Albums of 201438/1003
2024 EyeKanFlyAM Bubbling Under 2010s 0742/100 -
2024cicadelicIn League With Paton: 201423/100 -
2023replacementlevelTop 50 Music Albums of 201434/502
2023CompazzCharlatanTop 40 Greatest Music Albums28/4022
2022 buzzdainerTop 100 Music Albums of 201417/1004
2020 samistake2iceTop 100 Music Albums of 201414/1004
2020 samistake2iceTop 100 Music Albums of the 2010s96/1001
2015ElstonTop 100 Music Albums of the 2010s24/10015
2014PasteThe 50 Best Albums of 201427/502
2014ResidentAlbums Of The Year 201491/1001
2014Bayern 2Die 80 besten Alben des Jahres 201439/803
2014NightflyTop 100 Music Albums of the 2010s73/1006
2014Village VoicePazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 201464/1002
2014The GuardianThe best albums of 201423/402
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 23
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 80
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Small Town Heroes ratings

Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 26 votes)
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04/06/2026 02:15 ZacXavier  Ratings distribution  1362/100
 
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08/22/2025 07:12 ElstonGunnn  Ratings distribution  91182/100
 
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08/21/2025 20:37 asimpkins  Ratings distribution  3,01370/100
 
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01/26/2023 03:58 CompazzCharlatan  Ratings distribution  50100/100
 
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12/12/2022 05:17 zags7000  Ratings distribution  20,46864/100

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From 03/18/2018 21:25 | #211216
I saw Alynda Lee Segarra and company play live at the Rocky Mountain Folks Festival in 2014, a great event in a beautiful natural amphitheater surrounded by red rock canyons and with the St. Vrain River running through the venue. The river was especially a revelation, as the day Hurray for the Riff Raff played was blazing hot, and dunking ourselves in the river was the only real relief from the baking sun. All this is to say, Hurray for the Riff Raff sounded great, and "The Body Electric" is an especially moving inversion of the murder ballad narrative, taking a shot at the misogyny in "Delia's Gone" and other songs that seem to celebrate, or make light of, violence against women. Though the afternoon heat was intense to the point of distraction, it wasn't hard to appreciate the incredible songwriting talent of Segarra and her bandmates, and I'm excited to hear what more they have in store for the future.
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