Kristofferson
by Kris Kristofferson
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Kris Kristofferson bestography
Kristofferson is ranked as the best album by Kris Kristofferson.
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Kristofferson track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Kristofferson rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Pluto11 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1970 | 77/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Romanelli | Top 45 Music Albums of 1970 | 27/45 | 2 |
| 2026 | blueandthemoon | Top 47 Music Albums of 1970 | 25/47 | 2 |
| 2026 | pjerske | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 64/100 | 7 |
| 2026 | henrygreen0203 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 35/100 | 13 |
| 2026 | Romanelli | My Overall Chart 1001-1100 | 41/100 | - |
| 2026 | martintho | Top 87 Music Albums of 1970 | 44/87 | 3 |
| 2026 |  ERadio | Top 50 Music Albums of 1970 | 21/50 | 3 |
| 2026 | BlueNote | Best Country Albums | 44/50 | - |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 84 Music Albums of 1970 | 70/84 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 96 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 439 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/22/2026 21:36 | ecocruzr | 232 | 69/100 |
| ! | 07/19/2026 19:36 | henrygreen0203 | 873 | 74/100 |
| ! | 06/10/2026 07:28 | brent13 | 2,179 | 66/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 22% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.6/100, a mean average of 72.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.1.
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Kristofferson forum mentions
Liedzeit 05/25/2026 08:44 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
albummaster 11/29/2025 07:54 in Year Change Notices Romanelli 01/17/2024 17:17 in Our Country Music ChatKristofferson comments
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Bork TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/27/2010 23:55 | #11071 | TOP COMMENT
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Nothing but the greatest country album AND the greatest acoustic singer/songwriter album in the same package. Includes the classic Me and Bobby McGee of course, but another four or five lesser known tracks are just as brilliant, To Beat the Devil being the foremost. If you don't like Kris Kristofferson...you can kiss my ass!
Note: This album is also known as "Me and Bobby McGee"
Like many left-of-center Nashville songwriters, Kris Kristofferson didn't have much luck before he got a record deal. For period of time he practically lived out of his car (like John Hartford, Mickey Newbury, and Roger Miller) and worked as a janitor for a record company, hoping that it would literally get his foot in the door. Unlike Hartford and Newbury and Van Zandt, Kristofferson's Nashville career really took off and enjoyed writing hits AND seeing his own recordings deliver him fame.
50 years later, Kristofferson's debut is still the best Nashville songwriter's album of all time. It is packed with vivid character stories, and combining that with his his low, smoky vocals, you could call Kristofferson the Leonard Cohen of country music.
Career Highlight: Me and Bobby McGee
Gems: Sunday Morning Coming Down, Darby's Castle, Help Me Make It Through the Night
Greatest Pure Oldschool Country Album ever.
Then Again The Felice Brothers Will give him a Run for His Money if You Widen your definition of country to the Modern Day. Sorry Old Timers.
RaineyWins 04/28/2010 03:09 | #11075 | TOP COMMENT
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I have never listened to this, but the audacious claim to be the greatest singer/songwriter album ever makes me want to so much!
probably second only to bob dylan on lyrics but bob dylan never had so many brilliant songs on one album.
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