# The Stanley Brothers — Man of Constant Sorrow

The Stanley Brothers’s Man of Constant Sorrow (1951) is No. 3 in our Bluegrass ranking. The full verdict, and where to hear it.

- **Released:** 1951
- **Label:** Columbia
- **On one list:** Bluegrass
- **Updated:** 2026-08-30
- **Artist:** [The Stanley Brothers](https://waxonia.com/artist/the-stanley-brothers/)
- **Canonical page:** https://waxonia.com/track/the-stanley-brothers--man-of-constant-sorrow/

## What we say

### No. 3 in [Bluegrass](https://waxonia.com/genre/bluegrass/)

The high lonesome sound at its most severe — Ralph Stanley's tenor is not trying to be pleasant. An old ballad the Stanleys made permanently theirs.

## Listen

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