The War On Drugs 
The best album credited to The War On Drugs is Lost In The Dream which is ranked number 163 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 8,507.
The War On Drugs is ranked number 142 in the overall artist rankings with a total rank score of 15,247.
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The War On Drugs best albums
The following albums by The War On Drugs are ranked highest in the greatest album charts:
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The War On Drugs best tracks
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Artist ratings | Avg. artist rating |
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| ! | 11/23/2025 21:35 | lisalisa | 330 | 71/100 |
| ! | 09/18/2025 12:31 |  doombringer | 209 | 85/100 |
| ! | 05/18/2025 18:14 |  hoyquarlow | 260 | 72/100 |
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This artist is rated in the top 3% of all artists on BestEverAlbums.com. This artist has a Bayesian average rating of 79.7/100, a mean average of 78.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.3/100. The standard deviation for this artist is 15.4.
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BestEverAlbums 3 days ago in Chart of the day (#5447): By adbrack1988 BestEverAlbums 4 days ago in Chart of the day (#5446): By RasmV BestEverAlbums 09/17/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5438): By luigybetisThe War On Drugs comments
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Just bought "The War on Drugs" Lost in the Dream as it was recommended by an old college friend with an ear for good music.
It's left me motherfuckin speechless. Very beautiful spare psychedelic likes. A must for long car rides and late evening couch lock. (Edited)
jhuik TOP 100 COMMENTER 06/20/2014 01:37 | #114828
Just another true believer that classic rock is the best music of all time. (Edited)
SaulCortes1992 06/08/2018 01:26 | #216301
Modern Dad Rock (Edited)
doombringer 09/18/2025 12:43 | #310964
Judging or rating a band or an artist after listening to only one album or song is totally unfair .
(Even worse when you never heard ANY of their works at all ).
Listened to three albums of `T.W.o.D.`` i can say they didn`t disappoint .
(Edited)
junodog4 TOP 100 COMMENTER 11/07/2017 06:28 | #200898
It's pleasant. The guys can certainly play. I just don't find this particularly interesting... Maybe because it's been done before. (Edited)
