Rhett MillerBest Rhett Miller Albums Ranked
7.1
Avg Score
9
Opinions
7
Albums
5
Reviewers
Summary from 9 ratings
On Wavelength, fans have rated Rhett Miller's catalog across 7 albums from 9 opinions, with an overall average of 7.1/10. The top-rated Rhett Miller album is A lifetime of riding by night (2025) with a 8.0/10 average from 1 rating, followed by The Messenger and The Traveler. The discography on Wavelength spans 2002 to 2025.
The Messenger
“For a while it seemed like Rhett Miller had two modes. There was the brash singer who excelled at writing seat-of-your-pants songs full of clever lyrics and super-catchy melodies, which he did on his own albums and fronting the Old 97’s. When he wasn’t locked on to that frequency, though, the results could be desultory ballads that, while pleasant enough in the moment, didn’t have the staying powe”
The Messenger
“Old 97s frontman gets unsparingly nostalgic”
The Dreamer
“There are flashier singer-songwriters than Rhett Miller. But are there better ones? On his fifth solo album, the alt-country stalwart delivers 13 sharp, shapely roots-rock songs, with flashes of surf rock and Brill Building pop surfacing amid the usual twang. As frontman of the Old 97’s, Miller always sounded like an old soul; now, at […]”
The Instigator
“"In a way I've been working on this record for years. Don't get me wrong, these are all brand new songs, but I've been imagining this album, playing different versions of it in my head for a long time." Rhett Miller's awfully talkative (and refreshingly down-to-Earth) about his new solo album-- technically his second, after *Mythologies*, a disc of his early, folky recordings-- but I think it's th”
The Interpreter Live At Largo
“Who knew the Pixies’ "Wave of Mutilation" sounds best played as a back-porch country stomper? Only Rhett Miller, apparently, who gives the song that treatment halfway through this collection of covers recorded live at the Los Angeles club Largo in 2008. Elsewhere, the Old 97’s frontman favors more modest makeovers: David Bowie’s "Queen Bitch," with Jon Brion banging away blissfully […]”
Rhett Miller
“Old 97's leader returns with another solo album that leans more toward sophisticated pop rather than his band's country tinged sound.”
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