CalifoneBest Califone Albums Ranked
8.1
Avg Score
13
Opinions
10
Albums
2
Reviewers
Summary from 13 ratings
On Rate.fm, fans have rated Califone’s catalog across 10 albums from 13 opinions, with an overall average of 8.1/10. The top-rated Califone album is Roots and Crowns (2006) with a 9.0/10 average from 1 rating, followed by All My Friends Are Funeral Singers and Heron King Blues (Deluxe Edition). The discography on Rate.fm spans 2001 to 2023. The Orchids ranks as the highest-rated Califone song on Rate.fm with a 9.1/10 average.
Roots and Crowns
“Tim Rutili's Chicago collective outdoes itself on this record, which sounds like ancient mountain and Delta traditions synthesized-- scratched up, muddied, and re-imagined for an America more reliant on machines than the grace of God.”
Quicksand/Cradlesnakes (Deluxe Reissue)
“There used to be a quote somewhere on the Perishable website about Red Red Meat's final album, *There's a Star Above the Manger Tonight*, that said something like, "God made us stop for a while after this one." There's a kernel of truth there. *Manger* came at the end of a intensely creative cycle for Red Red Meat, where they evolved from the noisy blues-punk band of their self-titled debut, throu”
Sometimes Good Weather Follows Bad People (Expanded Edition)
“This vinyl-only reissue gathers Califone's two self-titled EPs that were collected on a CD under this name in 2002, but adds a cache of unreleased Red Red Meat material to attract completists.”