Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs
by Marty Robbins
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Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs is ranked as the best album by Marty Robbins.
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Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs 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 | Siromynian | Top 16 Music Albums of 1959 | 12/16 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Patman360 | Top 37 Music Albums of 1959 | 1/37 | 5 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 90 Music Albums of 1959 | 18/90 | 4 |
| 2026 |  junodog4 | Top 20 Music Albums of 1959 | 18/20 | 1 |
| 2026 | stangetzaway | Top 32 Music Albums of 1959 | 8/32 | 4 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 55 Music Albums of 1959 | 18/55 | 3 |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s | 12/100 | 18 |
| 2026 | Weepingguitarman | Top 12 Music Albums of 1959 | 5/12 | 3 |
| 2026 | Siromynian | Top 83 Music Albums of the 1950s | 54/83 | 7 |
| 2026 |  neilgee | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s | 83/100 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 226 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,640 | |||
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Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/25/2026 23:48 | duelek | 2,239 | 75/100 |
| ! | 09/25/2026 16:26 | Siromynian | 1,789 | 74/100 |
| ! | 08/16/2026 16:35 | Olli | 7,978 | 62/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.6/100, a mean average of 75.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.9.
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Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs forum mentions
Liedzeit 03/12/2026 07:45 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
BestEverAlbums 10/11/2022 20:00 in Album of the day (#4314): Gunfighter Ballads And Trail SongsView latest topic →
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Ah back when country music had some class. Songs about something other than the pap crap that passes for country today. A classic and classy record in every sense of the word.
There are some excellent and enjoyable songs on this album. There's nothing wrong with them individually but across a whole album it all gets a bit samey. It may be a little conservative for some tastes, at least in it's delivery, but the songs are great, there's a John Ford movie in every one.
There are many reasons this album is one of the truly greats: Marty's song writing; his choice of other western songs;the backup singers; the first rate production; Marty's incredible voice; the fact that it was probably the first concept album. What makes it above others with many impressive qualities is the guitar playing of Grady Martin. For my money he should be considered right there with Clapton, Hendrix, and the ones Rolling Stone thinks are so great.
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I blame playing Fallout Vegas, but somehow this album connected with me when normally I think from a musical standpoint I wouldn't have liked it.
I also grew up with a "real" cowboy... his name was Boot Johnson and he used to jump trains and hurdle cattle from Texas to Montana. He owned his own ranch (he was like 80 when I was 10), and we'd keep our horses there, and I'd chase his peacocks and rabbits.
Less is more. That's what makes this album the greatest. It proves that when all other supposedly transcendent and revolutionary music gets old, and you just want to relax and enjoy some good and simple music, this album never fails to be uplifting.
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