Joanna Newsom 
The best album credited to Joanna Newsom is Ys which is ranked number 176 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 8,228.
Joanna Newsom is ranked number 123 in the overall artist rankings with a total rank score of 17,540.
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- Golden Shoulders
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Artist ratings | Avg. artist rating |
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| ! | 04/29/2024 02:21 |  sssvnnn | 513 | 75/100 |
| ! | 03/26/2024 10:23 |  Purplepash | 2,741 | 74/100 |
| ! | 11/03/2023 18:03 |  Tamthebam | 880 | 73/100 |
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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 80.8/100, a mean average of 79.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.3/100. The standard deviation for this artist is 23.3.
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BestEverAlbums 3 days ago in Chart of the day (#5434): By Taric BestEverAlbums 5 days ago in Chart of the day (#5432): By joannajewsom BestEverAlbums 09/09/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5430): By ForegroundNoiseJoanna Newsom comments
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I would like to hear a collaboration between Joanna Newsom and Black Midi. That would really be something.
A great singer-songwriter
Onater 04/15/2019 20:17 | #235025
Easily my favourite musician of all time. Nobody even comes close. Absolutely genius both musically and lyrically. She's incapable of writing a bad song, the only artist I can think of where I consider literally every one of her albums perfect. People so often get caught up in the superficial aspects of her music like her voice or how she plays harp or her vocabulary and don't even attempt to engage with the actual artistry beneath it.
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indieshins 03/14/2018 02:35 | #210866
I remember putting Ys on for the first time, and hearing Emily, and being absolutely blown away. This utterly unique voice, speaking out of this unique atmosphere, the intricate arrangements were so utterly compelling that I knew I had to hear all her work. Definitely one of the most interesting and ambitious artists working today. I've honestly never seen the problem with her voice, but I'm not going to question anyone who doesn't like it. It's your opinion. No need to be rude though...
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