Around The Well
by Iron & Wine
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Iron & Wine bestography
Around The Well is ranked 7th best out of 18 albums by Iron & Wine on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Iron & Wine is Our Endless Numbered Days which is ranked number 1147 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,528.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Around The Well track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Around The Well rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 78 Music Albums of 2009 | 50/78 | 2 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | in 2021 (2 B deleted) | 69/99 | - |
| 2025 |  Igtonumama | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 44/100 | 11 |
| 2025 | Igtonumama | Top 100 Music Albums of 2009 | 5/100 | 5 |
| 2025 | skrapoel | Top 48 Music Albums of 2009 | 46/48 | 0 |
| 2025 | asyty7 | Top 55 Music Albums of the 2000s | 34/55 | 8 |
| 2025 | Juneof44 | Top 50 Music Albums of 2009 | 26/50 | 3 |
| 2024 |  PAPPITUFO | Top 66 Music Albums of 2009 | 44/66 | 2 |
| 2024 |  PatrickD | Top 100 Music Albums of 2009 | 4/100 | 5 |
| 2024 | weston | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 82/100 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 24 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 110 | |||
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Around The Well ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/10/2025 12:29 | TonySayers61 | 26,012 | 64/100 |
| ! | 10/02/2024 12:55 |  uncaria | 478 | 83/100 |
| ! | 05/11/2024 15:22 | LosWochos | 47,547 | 75/100 |
Rating metrics:
Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album is rated in the top 15% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.0/100, a mean average of 75.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 8.5.
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