Sad Songs For Dirty Lovers
by The National
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Sad Songs For Dirty Lovers is ranked 8th best out of 18 albums by The National on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The National is High Violet which is ranked number 120 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 10,446.
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Sad Songs For Dirty Lovers track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Sad Songs For Dirty Lovers rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 2003 | 17/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | saltysurprise | Top 45 Music Albums of 2003 | 42/45 | 0 |
| 2026 |  DommeDamian | Scaruffi Best Albums of 2003 | 54/69 | - |
| 2026 |  jhuik | Top 17 Music Albums of 2003 | 5/17 | 4 |
| 2026 | JeffN999 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 63/100 | 8 |
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2003 | 89/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  TheDarkOrb | Top 54 Music Albums of 2003 | 14/54 | 4 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 2003 | 78/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | gloriousgoo | Top 99 Greatest Music Albums | 81/99 | 19 |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 71 Music Albums of 2003 | 45/71 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 110 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 426 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/27/2026 22:54 | Melway94 | 118 | 83/100 |
| ! | 06/03/2026 22:00 | Fevernova | 3,162 | 82/100 |
| ! | 06/03/2026 07:23 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,585 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 16% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.9/100, a mean average of 73.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.6.
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NoisyBeast 09/01/2023 14:13 in What album are you listening to right now?
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Album Rating: 81.00
(972/12)
1.Cardinal Song. 79
2.Slipping Husband. 98
3.90-Mile Water Wall. 74
4.It Never Happened. 69
5.Murder Me Rachael. 76
6.Thirsty. 91
7.Available. 97
8.Sugar Wife. 69
9.Trophy Wife. 78
10.Fashion Coat. 69
11.Patterns Of Fairytales. 72
12.Lucky You. 100
A great opening half that dips to good but recovers with Lucky You - which may be my favourite on this album - competing with Murder Me Rachael
Brad1770 05/04/2021 02:40 | #269338
Released in 2003 BEFORE their critically acclaimed masterpiece suit of ‘Aligator’ (2005), ‘Boxer’ (2007), ‘High Violet’ (2010) and ‘Trouble Will Find Me’ (2013) ‘Sad Songs . . . ‘ is in many ways The Nationals forgotten gem. Considering what followed it hardly seems fair
jhuik 04/22/2016 00:32 | #164253
A really great sophomore record by any standards. And this is the National. There are a lot of great moments from Berninger and the boys. Trophy Wife, 90 Mile Waterfall, Available, Lucky You are all standout cuts by a great band finding form.
Underrated, especially when compared to its successors. "Cardinal Song", "Murder Me Rachael" and "Available" are among my favourite songs by The National.
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