Absent Fathers
by Justin Townes Earle
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Justin Townes Earle bestography
Absent Fathers is ranked 4th best out of 11 albums by Justin Townes Earle on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Justin Townes Earle is Nothing's Gonna Change The Way You Feel About Me Now which is ranked number 13309 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 88.
(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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Absent Fathers track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Absent Fathers 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 |  zdwyatt | Top 61 Music Albums of 2015 | 29/61 | 3 |
| 2025 | spinout | Top 68 Music Albums of the 2010s | 18/68 | 15 |
| 2021 |  ghosttomost | Top 75 Music Albums of 2015 | 72/75 | 0 |
| 2020 |  samistake2ice | Top 100 Music Albums of 2015 | 44/100 | 3 |
| 2018 |  skelter54 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2015 | 96/100 | 0 |
| 2015 | AranD | Top 34 Music Albums of 2015 | 34/34 | 0 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 6 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 21 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 04/28/2024 13:14 | spinout | 3,487 | 81/100 |
| ! | 09/17/2022 05:03 |  zags7000 | 20,568 | 64/100 |
| ! | 12/23/2017 14:50 |  HelsinkiSnorkel | 2,273 | 79/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.3/100, a mean average of 74.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.4.
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glitter-bubbles 01/13/2015 13:57 in What album are you listening to right now?Absent Fathers comments
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zdwyatt 02/19/2015 15:21 | #135297
Even though these were recorded at the same time as 2014's Single Mothers, this collection packs a greater emotional punch for me.
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