Diamonds & Dirt
by Rodney Crowell

Diamonds & Dirt by Rodney Crowell
Year: 1988
Overall rank: 16,101st   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 10 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1988 (219th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (2,170th)
Award Best albums of all time (16,101st)

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Rodney Crowell bestography

Diamonds & Dirt is ranked 2nd best out of 23 albums by Rodney Crowell on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Rodney Crowell is The Houston Kid which is ranked number 15024 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 75.

Rodney Crowell album bestography « Higher ranked (15,024th)
The Houston Kid
This album (16,101st)
Diamonds & Dirt
Lower ranked (26,779th) »
Ain't Living Long Like This

(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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Overall rank: 16,101st | 1980s rank: 2,170th | 1988 rank: 219th
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2026henrygreen0203Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s10/10018
2026 RomanelliMy Overall Chart: 2401-250071/100 -
2026 RomanelliTop 74 Music Albums of 198871/740
2026 zags7000Top 100 Music Albums of 198822/1004
2025JohnnyoTop 100 Music Albums of 198871/1002
2025 ERadio601-70080/100 -
2025henrygreen0203Top 55 Music Albums of 19884/555
2022arnellarsenTop 68 Music Albums of 19885/685
2022salvadorTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s24/10015
2022salvadorTop 19 Music Albums of 19885/194
2022salvadorGreatest albums (2)32/60 -
2022arnellarsenTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s33/10014
2021henrygreen0203Decades of Texas Singer-Songwriters72/100 -
2021henrygreen0203Texas Troubadours - 100 Singer-Songwriter Albums25/100 -
2021henrygreen0203Texas Singer-Songwriters on Vinyl17/35 -
2021henrygreen0203My Cassette Collection - Vintage, Homemade and Revival47/100 -
2019henrygreen0203Artists Through the Decades33/99 -
2017 briggs54Country Honorable Mentions40/57 -
2017henrygreen0203A Taste of Country - Good Albums by Good Country Music Artists98/100 -
2016CoconutTop 100 Music Albums of 198846/1003
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 20
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 69
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75/100 (from 10 votes)
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12/20/2023 19:32 LosWochos  Ratings distribution  46,86975/100
 
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02/24/2023 16:13 TonySayers61  Ratings distribution  23,87664/100
 
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12/29/2021 12:38 salvador  Ratings distribution  1,46081/100
 
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11/22/2021 03:23 Moondance  Ratings distribution  20,18072/100
 
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04/18/2021 20:24 henrygreen0203  Ratings distribution  86574/100

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This album is rated in the top 8% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.1/100, a mean average of 78.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.0.

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From 01/06/2022 16:58 | #278760
Mi disco favorito de Crowell, fuente de singles de éxito y la que, para mí, es su mejor canción, After All This Time.
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From 11/12/2016 22:30 | #178341
Texas songwriter who, like Steve Earle, learned from the likes of Guy Clark. The production is all bright 80s Nashville polish, but the songs work well together, making this his breakout album and his best overall record.

Track Pick: Just a Small World
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