The Mountain GoatsBest The Mountain Goats Albums Ranked
7.9
Avg Score
68
Opinions
23
Albums
12
Reviewers
Summary from 68 ratings
On Wavelength, fans have rated The Mountain Goats's catalog across 23 albums from 68 opinions, with an overall average of 7.9/10. The top-rated The Mountain Goats album is The Sunset Tree (2005) with a 8.6/10 average from 5 ratings, followed by Tallahassee and The Life of the World to Come (Bonus Track Version). The discography on Wavelength spans 2000 to 2025. Dilaudid ranks as the highest-rated The Mountain Goats song on Wavelength with a 9.5/10 average.
The Sunset Tree
2005
Tallahassee
2002
The Life of the World to Come (Bonus Track Version)
2009
All Hail West Texas (Remastered)
2002
Getting Into Knives
2020
Dark in Here
2021
Jenny from Thebes
2023
Goths
2017
All Eternals Deck
2011
Heretic Pride (Bonus Track Version)
2008
Beat the Champ
2015
The Coroner's Gambit
2000
Transcendental Youth
2012
Songs for Pierre Chuvin
2020
Bitter Melon Farm
2002
Through This Fire Across from Peter Balkan
2025
Get Lonely
2006
We Shall All Be Healed
2004
Hex of Infinite Binding EP - EP
2018
In League with Dragons
2019
Bleed Out
2022
Jenny from Thebes
“The North Carolina band’s sequel to their 2002 album All Hail West Texas awakens the dead and commits murder, in that order.”
In League with Dragons
““It never hurts to give thanks to the local Gods/you never know who might be hungry,” John Darnielle sings in “Younger.” Thank the Music Gods for the Mountain Goats, who gift us with yet another elegant and elaborate album with In League With Dragons. If you told me that John Darnielle was Warren Zevon’s secret son, I would absolutely believe you. His voice is breathy, his lyrics wry and his phra”
Getting Into Knives
“On their latest LP, John Darnielle & co. once again deep dive into the human situation”
Protein Source of the Future… Now!
“I confess to being totally baffled by the Mountain Goats. First off, the band is officially comprised of several people, though the vast majority of their recordings feature only one person: John Darnielle of Southern California. The others crop up as occasional backup singers or additional instrumentalists, but very rarely; more often than not these songs are just John playing guitar and singing ”
The Coroner's Gambit
“[The Mountain Goats](https://pitchfork.com/artists/2845-the-mountain-goats/) have long been considered a boutiquer’s taste: a little something for a highly specialized portion of the population, but hardly a crowd-pleaser in any sense of the word. After all, Mountain Goats albums sound like most band’s demos, superficially speaking—the lion’s share of the project’s corpus is [John Darnielle](https”
The Life of the World to Come (Bonus Track Version)
“John Darnielle offers up a concept album based on Biblical verses, and the theme leads to an intense collection of songs that yields more with every listen.”
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