Townes Van Zandt 
The best album credited to Townes Van Zandt is Townes Van Zandt which is ranked number 719 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 2,398.
Townes Van Zandt is ranked number 401 in the overall artist rankings with a total rank score of 4,746.
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Townes Van Zandt best albums
The following albums by Townes Van Zandt are ranked highest in the greatest album charts:
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Townes Van Zandt best tracks
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Townes Van Zandt ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Artist ratings | Avg. artist rating |
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| 04/04/2026 23:17 | TheSmiths82-87 | 349 | 78/100 | |
| 01/17/2026 20:23 | BorderFreeAndrew | 80 | 83/100 | |
| 03/25/2025 00:19 | Moondance | 467 | 74/100 | |
| 10/21/2024 19:27 | pago82 | 1,379 | 67/100 | |
| 08/06/2024 10:34 | Pluto11 | 317 | 78/100 |
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This artist is rated in the top 2% of all artists on BestEverAlbums.com. This artist has a Bayesian average rating of 82.8/100, a mean average of 81.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 84.9/100. The standard deviation for this artist is 16.9.
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Townes Van Zandt = the perfect soundtrack for walking down an old country road.
Amazing lyricist.
drakonium 03/25/2014 14:35 | #107460
An incredible songwriter and my favorite country artist atm. You can't really go wrong with any of his material from Our Mother The Mountain (the best one) to The Late Great. Strangely overlooked.
One of the greatest. I´ve no doubt.
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