Something More Than Free
by Jason Isbell
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Jason Isbell bestography
Something More Than Free is ranked 2nd best out of 15 albums by Jason Isbell on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Jason Isbell is Southeastern which is ranked number 1142 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,529.
(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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Something More Than Free track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Something More Than Free rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 95 Music Albums of 2015 | 75/95 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Graeme2 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2015 | 13/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Exclaim! Top 10 Folk & Country Albums 2015 | 4/10 | - |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 2015 | 93/100 | 0 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | top albums, #0701-0800* | 19/79 | - |
| 2026 |  Romanelli | My Overall Chart: 101-200 | 57/100 | - |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Brooklyn Magazine The Best of 2015 | 3/10 | - |
| 2026 |  covecove | Top 100 Music Albums of 2015 | 51/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | henrygreen0203 | Is it Live?? - Acts That Have Performed Live in Front of My Face | 59/77 | - |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 92 Music Albums of 2015 | 26/92 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 138 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 462 | |||
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Something More Than Free ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/13/2026 04:55 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,613 | 70/100 |
| ! | 03/13/2026 18:55 | tmurf | 52 | 77/100 |
| ! | 02/25/2026 22:06 | DaveH68 | 1,363 | 76/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.1/100, a mean average of 75.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.2.
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Forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 07/22/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5381): By jhuik
pedro1976 07/20/2026 22:55 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) pedro1976 06/16/2026 05:52 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)Something More Than Free comments
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HoldenM 08/20/2019 01:16 | #241417 | TOP COMMENT
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A step or two below Southeastern, but a damn fine album, nonetheless.
I'm not the biggest country fan. However I can say this is really good. Hell even great. Just doesn't impress me on a insane level. But I definitely would recommend to anyone that adores country as well to people like me who were never that crazy for the genre to begin with.
jhuik 11/18/2017 17:38 | #201588
I think songs like Children of Children and surreptitiously catchy, accessible and likable songs like 24 Frames make this his best album. What stunningly candid and enjoyable lyrics. You just want to say thank you for writing such great songs.
buzzdainer 04/27/2017 22:07 | #189936
Although Something More Than Free doesn't quite have the same raw, vulnerable, strangely triumphant energy that Jason Isbell's previous release, Southeastern, had, it nearly makes up the difference with a greater sense of maturity and artistic purpose. These are gorgeously and lovingly crafted, quintessentially American rock songs, my favorite of which has to be "24 Frames," a song of soaring tenderness, with one incredible verse in particular: "This is how you talk to her when no one else is listening / And this is how you help her when the muse goes missing / You vanish so she can go drowning in a dream again." I'm sure this is Isbell's experience being married to a fellow singer-songwriter, Amanda Shires. But it's also about the generosity of spirit that's needed for creative people to maintain loving relationships. Great stuff, Jason. Keep it coming.
jhuik 05/07/2016 22:19 | #165390 | TOP COMMENT
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One of the best singer-songwriters in the world. Really great lyrics chock full of heartland wisdom for a new millennium.
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