Wilco (The Album)
by Wilco
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Wilco bestography
Wilco (The Album) is ranked 8th best out of 23 albums by Wilco on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Wilco is Yankee Hotel Foxtrot which is ranked number 62 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 16,190.
(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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Wilco (The Album) track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Wilco (The Album) rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 1 hour ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Top 49 Music Albums of 2009 | 36/49 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Romanelli | Top 55 Music Albums of 2009 | 17/55 | 4 |
| 2026 |  HelsinkiSnorkel | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 57/100 | 9 |
| 2026 | Romanelli | My Overall Chart: 801-900 | 16/100 | - |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Hype Machine Music Blog Zeitgeist Top 50 Albums of 2009 | 21/50 | - |
| 2026 | HelsinkiSnorkel | Top 59 Music Albums of 2009 | 7/59 | 4 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 78 Music Albums of 2009 | 36/78 | 3 |
| 2026 |  spigelwii | Top 7 Music Albums of 2009 | 7/7 | 1 |
| 2026 | spigelwii | Top 90 Music Albums of the 2000s | 79/90 | 3 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Vibrations (CH) Les meilleurs disques 2009 | 2/31 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 164 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 438 | |||
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Wilco (The Album) ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/01/2026 18:25 | ecocruzr | 165 | 69/100 |
| ! | 06/19/2026 04:24 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,560 | 70/100 |
| ! | 04/05/2026 17:24 |  AAL2014 | 4,236 | 75/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 10% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.7/100, a mean average of 74.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.8.
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Forum mentions
Romanelli 07/05/2025 14:38 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) Purplepash 12/26/2024 09:36 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
pedro1976 08/18/2023 22:28 in What album are you listening to right now?Wilco (The Album) comments
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It does seem that the band lost their spark slightly after A Ghost Is Born, but this album still has some nice highlights. Mine are Wilco (the Song), Bull Black Nova and One Wing.
Sandrof1969 02/20/2018 19:08 | #208962
Dire che "Wilco ( The album)" è stata una delusione è eccessivo; sicuramente però è stato questo il primo di una serie non ancora terminata ( e che probabilmente non terminerà ) di album in cui i Wilco non hanno detto più niente di nuovo e quanto avevano da dire non l'hanno più detto con la stessa convinzione, energia, creatività dimostrate nel recente passato.
RoundTheBend 07/10/2013 06:06 | #80892 | TOP COMMENT
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I started to get this Willie Nelson meets Phish feeling, and then sometimes a George Harrison and John Lennon sound from the keys, vocals, and guitar. But still just ok.
Wilco's weakest album. Pretty good songs, but far less interesting than any of their previous albums. Fortunately, The Whole Love suggests they're moving back in a more promising direction.
junodog4 06/26/2012 00:19 | #45358 | TOP COMMENT
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Wilco's weakest, but still better than most other bands. This is their least memorable, but One Wing and I'll Fight are fantastic.
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