Soul Journey
by Gillian Welch
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Gillian Welch bestography
Soul Journey is ranked 5th best out of 9 albums by Gillian Welch on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Gillian Welch is Time (The Revelator) which is ranked number 1331 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,292.
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Soul Journey track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Soul Journey rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 90 Music Albums of 2003 | 7/90 | 5 |
| 2026 |  sszwalbenest | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 52/100 | 10 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 100 Music Albums of 2003 | 20/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Sydney Morning Herald Best Albums 2003 | 49/50 | - |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Greatest Music Albums: 401-500 | 25/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 96 Music Albums of 2003 | 29/96 | 4 |
| 2026 | asimpkins | Top 23 Music Albums of 2003 | 12/23 | 3 |
| 2026 | Rm12398 | Top 43 Music Albums of 2003 | 11/43 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Norman Bates | Top 100 Music Albums of 2003 | 80/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  imimesis | Top 29 Music Albums of 2003 | 25/29 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 52 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 185 | |||
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Soul Journey ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/03/2026 00:07 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,672 | 70/100 |
| ! | 03/23/2026 09:23 | Norman Bates | 10,168 | 75/100 |
| ! | 12/21/2025 04:13 |  Kingturtle | 7,579 | 73/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.8/100, a mean average of 76.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.8.
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Soul Journey forum mentions
NoisyBeast 10/13/2023 15:47 in What album are you listening to right now?
Romanelli 01/06/2023 02:29 in Albums You Added To Your Collection TodaySoul Journey comments
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buzzdainer TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/24/2016 22:25 | #177383 | TOP COMMENT
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"I want to do right, but not right now," proclaims the narrator of "Look at Miss Ohio," the brilliant opening track to this fine album, alluding to the playful rebelliousness that defines a number of the tracks here. The approach Gillian Welch and musical partner David Rawlings bring to the material on Soul Journey feels crafted for private enjoyment rather than public consumption, and the end result is not only Welch's most personal work to date but one of her most emotionally satisfying as well.
"Time (The Revelator)" is usually considered Gillian's best album, and objectively speaking I can't argue that it's at least as good as this one, but I like Soul Journey a tiny bit better. This albums has several of my all time favorite songs, the ones I constantly catch myself singing in the shower or while walking.
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