Tallahassee
by The Mountain Goats
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The Mountain Goats bestography
Tallahassee is ranked 3rd best out of 39 albums by The Mountain Goats on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Mountain Goats is The Sunset Tree which is ranked number 1480 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,158.
(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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Tallahassee track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Top-rated track as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members.
Tallahassee rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 7 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 93 Music Albums of 2002 | 71/93 | 1 |
| 2026 | daCritic | Top 32 Music Albums of 2002 | 16/32 | 3 |
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 100 Music Albums of 2002 | 93/100 | 0 |
| 2026 |  DommeDamian | Scaruffi Best Albums of 2003 | 52/69 | - |
| 2026 |  covecove | Top 100 Music Albums of 2002 | 32/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Norman Bates | Top 100 Music Albums of 2002 | 56/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | PapaShiz86 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2002 | 59/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | djirons | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 43/100 | 55 |
| 2026 | amirmishali | Top 36 Music Albums of 2002 | 13/36 | 3 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 55 Music Albums of 2002 | 18/55 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 121 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 487 | |||
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Tallahassee ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/12/2026 13:29 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,195 | 70/100 |
| ! | 03/18/2026 17:20 |  Milhaud | 2,169 | 71/100 |
| ! | 12/15/2025 04:39 |  Kingturtle | 7,579 | 73/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.1/100, a mean average of 77.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.3.
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Tallahassee forum mentions
mickilennial 06/22/2015 17:42 in Shoopadoowop's ULL mickilennial 04/27/2015 22:38 in ULL: GowiTallahassee comments
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Mattdup279 12/12/2015 21:21 | #154452 | TOP COMMENT
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As somebody from Tallahassee, this album is far better than this town deserves. I guess that's the point of such a terrible couple moving here to drink themselves to death.
rayword45 08/01/2013 16:13 | #82900 | TOP COMMENT
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Much easier to appreciate if you listen to the other Alpha songs.
Not JD's best writing, but the first of his full-album storytelling which became his signature later.
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