Down Where The Spirit Meets The Bone
by Lucinda Williams

Down Where The Spirit Meets The Bone by Lucinda Williams
Year: 2014
Release date: 2014-09-30
Overall rank: 10,677th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 33 votes)
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Award Top albums of 2014 (220th)
Award Top albums of the 2010s (2,150th)
Award Best albums of all time (10,677th)

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Lucinda Williams bestography

Down Where The Spirit Meets The Bone is ranked 8th best out of 25 albums by Lucinda Williams on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Lucinda Williams is Car Wheels On A Gravel Road which is ranked number 754 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,292.

Lucinda Williams album bestography « Higher ranked (10,432nd)
West
This album (10,677th)
Down Where The Spirit Meets The Bone
Lower ranked (12,298th) »
Sweet Old World

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 10,677th | 2010s rank: 2,150th | 2014 rank: 220th
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2026marco17Top 100 Greatest Music Albums76/10025
2026 TamthebamTop 89 Music Albums of 20141/895
2026SkernsTop 100 Music Albums of 20149/1005
2026 zags7000Top 100 Music Albums of 201458/1002
2026 neilgeeCompulsory next totally pointless ton94/100 -
2026 TamthebamTop 100 Music Albums of the 2010s17/10017
2026 cestuneblagueTop 100 Music Albums of 201461/1002
2025JohnnyoTop 100 Music Albums of 201470/1002
2025henriknaessTop 54 Music Albums of 201450/540
2025 IgtonumamaTop 100 Music Albums of 201440/1003
2025 LiedzeitTop 29 Music Albums of the 2010s28/291
2025 TamthebamMy Overall Chart 101- 200 (1953-2020)5/88 -
2025JohnnyoAlbums of the year 2014 by The Independent2/17 -
2025cicadelicStevensounds Blog Top 100 Albums Of 201477/100 -
2024henrygreen0203Top 47 Music Albums of 201430/472
2024rkmTop 37 Music Albums of 20149/374
2024 ArthurknightTop 100 Music Albums of 201497/1000
2024 EyeKanFlyAM Bubbling Under 2010s 1046/100 -
2024TheKingTop 75 Music Albums of 201452/752
2024cicadelicIn League With Paton: 20149/100 -
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 40
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 111
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75/100 (from 33 votes)
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03/15/2026 15:56 cestuneblague  Ratings distribution  8,07280/100
 
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03/10/2026 09:19 cicadelic  Ratings distribution  12,35173/100
 
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10/22/2025 22:52 EyeKanFly  Ratings distribution  8,42765/100
 
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07/01/2025 22:08 Igtonumama  Ratings distribution  10,79163/100

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This album is rated in the top 7% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.4/100, a mean average of 74.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.2.

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From 12/07/2016 22:52 | #179729
The title of this album was inspired by a poem written by the artist's father, Miller Williams:

"Have compassion for everyone you meet,
even if they don’t want it. What seems conceit,
bad manners, or cynicism is always a sign
of things no ears have heard, no eyes have seen.
You do not know what wars are going on
down there where the spirit meets the bone."
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