# The Stanley Brothers — Rank Stranger

The Stanley Brothers’s Rank Stranger (1960) is No. 5 in our Bluegrass ranking. The full verdict, and where to hear it.

- **Released:** 1960
- **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--rank-stranger/

## What we say

### No. 5 in [Bluegrass](https://waxonia.com/genre/bluegrass/)

A man returns home and recognises nobody. Bluegrass gospel at its most genuinely unsettling, and the harmony does most of the work.

## Listen

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/The%20Stanley%20Brothers%20Rank%20Stranger) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=upsLpPE2w58)

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