The Goat Rodeo Sessions
by Yo-Yo Ma / Stuart Duncan / Edgar Meyer / Chris Thile

The Goat Rodeo Sessions by Yo-Yo Ma / Stuart Duncan / Edgar Meyer / Chris Thile
Year: 2011
Release date: 2011-10-24
Overall rank: 8,654th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 8 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2011 (183rd)
Award Top albums of the 2010s (1,685th)
Award Best albums of all time (8,654th)

Listen on Spotify SPOTIFY
Product Details
Availability

eBay
eBay
Goat Rodeo Sessions CD Yo-Yo Ma Stuart Duncan Edgar Meyer Chris Thile SEALED
Condition: Brand New


eBay
eBay
Goat Rodeo Sessions by Ma, Yo-Yo / Duncan, Stuart / Meyer, Edgar / Thile, Chr...
Condition: Very Good


eBay
eBay
Goat Rodeo Sessions by Ma, Yo-Yo / Duncan, Stuart / Meyer, Edgar / Thile, Chr...
Condition: Very Good


  My favourite store:  

Yo-Yo Ma / Stuart Duncan / Edgar Meyer / Chris Thile bestography

The Goat Rodeo Sessions is ranked as the best album by Yo-Yo Ma / Stuart Duncan / Edgar Meyer / Chris Thile.

Yo-Yo Ma / Stuart Duncan / Edgar Meyer / Chris Thile album bestography « Higher ranked
-
This album (8,654th)
The Goat Rodeo Sessions
Lower ranked (31,423rd) »
Not Our First Goat Rodeo

(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).

Listen to The Goat Rodeo Sessions on YouTube

Loading content from YouTube...

The Goat Rodeo Sessions rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 8,654th | 2010s rank: 1,685th | 2011 rank: 183rd

The Goat Rodeo Sessions collection

Showing all 3 members who have this album in their collection

The Goat Rodeo Sessions ratings

Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 8 votes)
  Ratings distribution Help Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AV
where:
av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating.

N.B. The average rating for this album will not be reliable as it has been rated very few times.

Showing latest 5 ratings for this album.  | Show all 8 ratings for this album.

Sort Sort by
RatingDate updatedMemberAlbum ratingsAvg. album rating
 
100/100
 
02/24/2026 08:35 Leginlists  Ratings distribution  3,11483/100
 
60/100
 
12/16/2025 14:04 TonySayers61  Ratings distribution  24,04764/100
 
80/100
 
11/11/2025 17:41 BorderFreeAndrew  Ratings distribution  15,03174/100
 
75/100
 
03/10/2024 12:09 cicadelic  Ratings distribution  12,32273/100
 
70/100
 
07/24/2023 16:10 Tamthebam  Ratings distribution  22,96269/100
Please log in or register if you want to be able to leave a rating

The Goat Rodeo Sessions favourites

Showing all 2 members who have added this album as a favourite

The Goat Rodeo Sessions comments

Showing all 1 comments |
Most Helpful First | Newest First | Positive Sentiment First | Longest Comments First
(Only showing comments with -2 votes or higher. You can alter this threshold from your profile page. Manage Profile)

Rating:  
100/100
From 12/06/2019 19:00 | #245416
Every time I listen to this album, I can't help but feel completely overwhelmed by the quality of the musicianship. As an upright bassist myself, I just can't believe how good Edgar Meyer is. And you can say the same thing about any of these 4 masters of their instruments. I'm still having a hard time believing that these 4 geniuses have made an album together.

As for the album, it is a pure delight. 11 songs of pure composition skills and incredible musicianship, including 2 songs with amazing vocals by Chris Thile and Aoife O'Donovan. The pacing is tasty and well-balanced, each and every song has a purpose and a distinct quality, which is really hard to achieve in an instrumental album.

The highlights for me are "Here And Heaven", "Franz And The Eagle" (with Edgar Meyer on the piano!) and "Goat Rodeo".
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
Please log in or register if you want to be able to add a comment

Your feedback for The Goat Rodeo Sessions

Anonymous
Let us know what you think of this album by adding a comment or assigning a rating below!
Log in or register to assign a rating or leave a comment for this album.
Best Albums of 2011
1. Helplessness Blues by Fleet Foxes
2. Bon Iver, Bon Iver by Bon Iver
3. Let England Shake by PJ Harvey
4. The Smile Sessions by The Beach Boys
5. The King Of Limbs by Radiohead
6. El Camino by The Black Keys
7. Kaputt by Destroyer
8. Hurry Up, We're Dreaming by M83
9. 21 by Adele
10. Wasting Light by Foo Fighters
11. Strange Mercy by St. Vincent
12. Take Care by Drake
13. James Blake by James Blake
14. Section.80 by Kendrick Lamar
15. Exmilitary by Death Grips
16. Ceremonials by Florence + The Machine
17. House Of Balloons by The Weeknd
18. Suck It And See by Arctic Monkeys
19. Torches by Foster The People
20. Yuck by Yuck