Rickie Lee Jones
by Rickie Lee Jones
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Rickie Lee Jones bestography
Rickie Lee Jones is ranked 2nd best out of 21 albums by Rickie Lee Jones on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Rickie Lee Jones is Pirates which is ranked number 2545 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 623.
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Rickie Lee Jones track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Rickie Lee Jones rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | regsandthelike | Top 40 Greatest Music Albums | 20/40 | 50 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Albums of the year 1979 by Ultimate Record Collector | 29/41 | - |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 3/100 | 20 |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 97 Music Albums of 1979 | 85/97 | 1 |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1979 | 1/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 67 Music Albums of 1979 | 48/67 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Romanelli | Top 41 Music Albums of 1979 | 14/41 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Patman360 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1979 | 75/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | 1 album per artist - greatest albums of all time | 99/100 | - |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 46/100 | 11 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 139 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 537 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/05/2026 12:15 |  Squonk007 | 768 | 24/100 |
| ! | 01/20/2026 16:02 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,636 | 70/100 |
| ! | 12/26/2025 09:54 | MaxStorm98 | 3,798 | 89/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 21% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.7/100, a mean average of 72.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.1.
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Great debut album with that flare of jazz. Chuck E.'s in Love nominated the song of the year. My favorite song is Coolsville which is where I hear that jazz influence. This is a good listen. (Edited)
" It's not because I'm dirty/It's not because I'm clean/It's not because I kiss the boys behind the magazines..."
Spectacular debut.
One of the greatest debut albums, albums of the '70's, hell, all time. Adore it.
A totally underrated album. Rickie Lee Jones' debut record is a wonderfully inventive and original LP. There are wonderful songs here in, easy money, last chance Texaco, and, Coolsville. Hints of her then boyfriend Tom Waits here, especially lyrically, and mutual friend Chuck E Weiss is celebrated in, Chuck E's in love, which was a massive hit in the states. Rickie Lee Jones is vastly underrated, if you don't know this album, check it out.
Tamthebam 04/07/2016 13:16 | #163442
I love this album one of the best debut albums of all time. Apart from Chuck E's In Love the album is full of great observations of love & life including Young Blood, Last Chance Texaco, Danny's All Star Joint and Company. Her voice has a jazzy rock appeal, She reminds me of Tom Waits, emotional yet sometimes funny. This is still one of my favourite albums of all time it has never aged.
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