Townes Van ZandtBest Townes Van Zandt Albums Ranked
8.0
Avg Score
19
Opinions
18
Albums
6
Reviewers
Summary from 19 ratings
On Wavelength, fans have rated Townes Van Zandt's catalog across 18 albums from 19 opinions, with an overall average of 8.0/10. The top-rated Townes Van Zandt album is Live at the Old Quarter, Houston, Texas (2007) with a 8.7/10 average from 3 ratings, followed by The Late Great and Townes Van Zandt. The discography on Wavelength spans 1967 to 2019. Pancho and Lefty ranks as the highest-rated Townes Van Zandt song on Wavelength with a 9.3/10 average.
Live at the Old Quarter, Houston, Texas
“Every Saturday, Paste will be revisiting albums that came out before the magazine was founded in July 2002 and assessing its current cultural relevance. This week, we’re looking at Townes Van Zandt’s indelible live album full of songs of gratefulness and resignation, a preservation of the songwriter just as we should remember him.”
The Nashville Sessions
“Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today, we look back at what was to be the cult singer-songwriter’s seventh album, shelved and later released in 1993. Its deathly mystique captures the heart and soul of Townes Van Zandt.”
High, Low and in Between
“Omnivore Records' latest set of Townes Van Zandt reissues speaks to many different aspects of the Texan songwriter's appeal-- the earthy and direct Lone Star troubadour; the decorous, eccentric Cowboy Jack Clement productions-- all playing out the rootlessness, loneliness, senseless tragedy, and unending remorse that featured in his life.”
Sky Blue
“A posthumous 1973 solo album from the Texas singer-songwriter, released the week he would’ve turned 75, displays his careful sense of craft across a set of covers, favorites, and unheard songs.”
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