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75 Alberta Cross
70 The Album Leaf
69 Alkaline Trio
66 Animal Collective
84 Animal Collective
50 Athlete
82 Beach House
81 The Besnard Lakes
65 Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
64 Dan Black
75 Mary J. Blige
75 Blockhead
79 Blood Red Shoes
70 David Bowie
64 The Brian Jonestown Massacre
72 Broken Bells
65 V.V. Brown
72 The Brunettes
71 Basia Bulat
78 Carolina Chocolate Drops
79 Johnny Cash
79 Chew Lips
82 Chicago Underground Duo
79 The Chieftains Featuring Ry Cooder
76 Citay
66 Clem Snide
77 Clipd Beaks
78 Clogs
66 Cold War Kids
75 Easton Corbin
80 Crazy Heart
70 Jamie Cullum
66 Fyfe Dangerfield
72 Delphic
64 Dinowalrus
78 Drive-By Truckers
59 Editors
71 Eels
70 Efterklang
81 Eluvium
82 Erland And The Carnival
57 Everybody Was In The French Resistance...Now
63 Excepter
78 Field Music
76 First Aid Kit
68 Josephine Foster
82 Four Tet
71 Nils Frahm
74 Freeway & Jake One
75 Frightened Rabbit
82 Fucked Up
64 Peter Gabriel
79 Charlotte Gainsbourg
80 Galactic
67 The Gilded Palace Of Sin
73 Ernest Gonzales
59 Good Shoes
79 Gorillaz
70 Adam Green
79 Patty Griffin
76 Groove Armada
67 H.I.M.
43 Hadouken!
73 Harvey Milk
68 Juliana Hatfield
66 Jimi Hendrix
88 High On Fire
80 Hot Chip
66 The Hot Rats
88 Ray Wylie Hubbard
54 Hurricane Chris
76 Jaga Jazzist
76 Jaheim
70 jj
79 Freedy Johnston
54 Nick Jonas And The Administration
57 Ke$ha
66 Alicia Keys
74 The Knife In Collaboration With Mt. Sims And Planningtorock
63 Lady Antebellum
65 Dawn Landes
82 Lawrence Arabia
74 Ted Leo & The Pharmacists
82 Liars
72 Lightspeed Champion
37 Lil Wayne
82 Lindstrom & Christabelle
68 Little Boots
75 Local Natives
75 Los Campesinos!
67 Lostprophets
65 Ludacris
73 Magnetic Fields
74 Massive Attack
58 Katherine McPhee
66 Daniel Merriweather
76 Pat Metheny
72 Midlake
64 Holly Miranda
79 Allison Moorer
83 Motion City Soundtrack
53 Mudvayne
65 Mumford & Sons
55 Never Shout Never
85 Joanna Newsom
81 Scout Niblett
74 Nneka
75 Oh No Ono
70 OK Go
71 Omarion
77 Owen Pallett
84 Pantha du Prince
77 Past Lives
84 Pavement
78 Phantogram
65 Pit Er Pat
86 Polar Bear
64 Priestess
67 Quasi
77 Corinne Bailey Rae
71 The Red Krayola With Art & Language
81 Fionn Regan
77 Retribution Gospel Choir
57 Martin Rev
64 Rjd2
65 Rogue Wave
82 Jack Rose
76 The Ruby Suns
78 Sade
77 Gil Scott-Heron
77 Shearwater
69 Blake Shelton
84 Shining
68 Shout Out Louds
80 Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band
73 The Soft Pack
80 Spoon
63 Ringo Starr
68 Story Of The Year
71 The Strange Boys
77 Strong Arm Steady
79 Surfer Blood
60 Tape Deck Mountain
82 These New Puritans
71 Robin Thicke
76 Tindersticks
81 Titus Andronicus
72 Toro Y Moi
63 Josh Turner
81 Vampire Weekend
79 Laura Veirs
79 Butch Walker And The Black Widows
63 The Watson Twins
69 We Are Wolves
66 Kanye West
64 Wetdog
51 The Whigs
67 White Hills
79 The White Stripes
72 The Whitefield Brothers
68 Wu-Tang Clan
75 Xiu Xiu
78 Yeasayer
73 You Say Party! We Say Die!
63 Young Money
61 Rob Zombie

Stars indicate the most critically-acclaimed albums.

The following tables display the highest- and lowest-scoring albums in Metacritic's database, which currently includes 350-400 albums a year beginning in 2000, with a small number of albums from before that time. Additional older albums will be added to the database in the future.

Albums must have at least 7 reviews to qualify for high score lists. Reissues, "best-of" compilations and box sets are not eligible for inclusion.

Albums in these tables are ranked by Metascore, with higher Metascores indicating better reviews from music critics and lower Metascores indicating worse reviews.

You may also view an index of all albums in our database alphabetically by artist.
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Top 200 Scores: The Best-Reviewed Albums
1	SMiLE by Brian Wilson	2004	97
2	Van Lear Rose by Loretta Lynn	2004	97
3	How The West Was Won by Led Zeppelin	2003	97
4	Stankonia by OutKast	2000	95
5	Savane by Ali Farka Toure	2006	94
6	Madvillainy by Madvillain	2004	93
7	Live At Reading by Nirvana	2009	93
8	The Name Of This Band Is Talking Heads [2004 Version] by Talking Heads	2004	93
9	Love And Theft by Bob Dylan	2001	93
10	Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards by Tom Waits	2006	92
11	Boy In Da Corner by Dizzee Rascal	2004	92
12	Elephant by The White Stripes	2003	92
13	Live In London by Leonard Cohen	2009	91
14	A Grand Don't Come For Free by The Streets	2004	91
15	Speakerboxxx/The Love Below by OutKast	2003	91
16	Canto by Los Super Seven	2001	91
17	From Here We Go Sublime by The Field	2007	90
18	Illinois by Sufjan Stevens	2005	90
19	Original Pirate Material by The Streets	2002	90
20	Alice by Tom Waits	2002	90
21	Is This It? by The Strokes	2001	90
22	Funeral by The Arcade Fire	2004	90
23	London Zoo by The Bug	2008	90
24	Untrue by Burial	2007	90
25	XTRMNTR by Primal Scream	2000	90
26	Z by My Morning Jacket	2005	90
27	Since I Left You by The Avalanches	2001	89
28	Neon Golden by The Notwist	2003	89
29	Rounds by Four Tet	2003	89
30	Modern Times by Bob Dylan	2006	89
31	Miss E... So Addictive by Missy Elliott	2001	89
32	HoboSapiens by John Cale	2004	89
33	Bachelor No. 2 (or, the last remains of the dodo) by Aimee Mann	2000	89
34	Fed by Plush	2008	89
35	Last Exit by Junior Boys	2004	89
36	Merriweather Post Pavilion by Animal Collective	2009	89
37	Songs For The Deaf by Queens Of The Stone Age	2002	89
38	Wearemonster by Isolée	2005	89
39	Hell Hath No Fury by Clipse	2006	89
40	Chutes Too Narrow by The Shins	2003	88
41	Yours, Mine & Ours by Pernice Brothers	2003	88
42	Hypermagic Mountain by Lightning Bolt	2005	88
43	Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt. II by Raekwon	2009	88
44	69 Love Songs by Magnetic Fields	1999	88
45	Ta Det Lugnt by Dungen	2004	88
46	Snakes For The Divine by High On Fire	2010	88
47	Dear Science, by TV On The Radio	2008	88
48	Return To Cookie Mountain by TV On The Radio	2006	88
49	Wicked Grin by John Hammond	2001	88
50	Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea by PJ Harvey	2000	88
51	Up In Flames by Manitoba	2003	88
52	College Dropout by Kanye West	2004	88
53	Where Shall You Take Me by Damien Jurado	2003	88
54	Rejoicing In The Hands by Devendra Banhart	2004	88
55	Vespertine by Bjork	2001	88
56	From A Basement On The Hill by Elliott Smith	2004	88
57	The Blueprint by Jay-Z	2001	88
58	In Rainbows by Radiohead	2007	88
59	The Woods by Sleater-Kinney	2005	88
60	Destroyer's Rubies by Destroyer	2006	88
61	Kill The Moonlight by Spoon	2002	88
62	Monoliths & Dimensions by Sunn O)))	2009	88
63	Historicity by Vijay Iyer Trio	2009	88
64	Abattoir Blues / The Lyre Of Orpheus by Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds	2004	88
65	I Am A Bird Now by Antony And The Johnsons	2005	88
66	Fishscale by Ghostface Killah	2006	88
67	Arular by M.I.A.	2005	88
68	Remedy by Basement Jaxx	1999	88
69	Exit by Shugo Tokumaru	2008	88
70	For Emma, Forever Ago by Bon Iver	2008	88
71	Leaves Turn Inside You by Unwound	2001	87
72	Blue Record by Baroness	2009	87
73	Person Pitch by Panda Bear	2007	87
74	Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes	2008	87
75	The Argument by Fugazi	2001	87
76	Decoration Day by Drive-By Truckers	2003	87
77	Showtime by Dizzee Rascal	2004	87
78	Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!! by Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds	2008	87
79	The Dirty South by Drive-By Truckers	2004	87
80	The Town And The City by Los Lobos	2006	87
81	World Without Tears by Lucinda Williams	2003	87
82	Things We Lost In The Fire by Low	2001	87
83	Cold House by Hood	2001	87
84	Now, More Than Ever by Jim Guthrie	2004	87
85	Raising Sand by Robert Plant And Alison Krauss	2007	87
86	Let's Stay Friends by Les Savy Fav	2007	87
87	Franz Ferdinand by Franz Ferdinand	2004	87
88	Ágætis Byrjun by Sigur Rós	2001	87
89	Neon Bible by The Arcade Fire	2007	87
90	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot by Wilco	2002	87
91	Congotronics by Konono No. 1	2005	87
92	Stumble Into Grace by Emmylou Harris	2003	87
93	Phrenology by The Roots	2002	87
94	Favourite Colours by The Sadies	2004	87
95	The Creek Drank The Cradle by Iron & Wine	2002	87
96	Children Running Through by Patty Griffin	2007	87
97	Seven Swans by Sufjan Stevens	2004	87
98	Kala by M.I.A.	2007	87
99	Phantom Power by Super Furry Animals	2003	87
100	Mass Romantic by The New Pornographers	2000	87
101	Sound Of Silver by LCD Soundsystem	2007	86
102	American Saturday Night by Brad Paisley	2009	86
103	One Word Extinguisher by Prefuse 73	2003	86
104	Time (The Revelator) by Gillian Welch	2001	86
105	Comicopera by Robert Wyatt	2007	86
106	Welcome To Mali by Amadou & Mariam	2009	86
107	Mirrored by Battles	2007	86
108	Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts by M83	2004	86
109	Fixed::Context [EP] by Labradford	2001	86
110	Hercules And Love Affair by Hercules And Love Affair	2008	86
111	Estudando o Pagode by Tom Zé	2006	86
112	Robyn by Robyn	2008	86
113	Separation Sunday by The Hold Steady	2005	86
114	The Decline Of British Sea Power by British Sea Power	2003	86
115	Quicksand / Cradlesnakes by Califone	2003	86
116	Blues Dream by Bill Frisell	2001	86
117	Rings Around The World by Super Furry Animals	2002	86
118	You Forgot It In People by Broken Social Scene	2003	86
119	Minimum-Maximum [Live] by Kraftwerk	2005	86
120	Thunder, Lightning, Strike by The Go! Team	2005	86
121	Seek Magic by Memory Tapes	2009	86
122	Beautifully Human: Words And Sounds Vol. 2 by Jill Scott	2004	86
123	'Sno Angel Like You by Howe Gelb	2006	86
124	Welcome Interstate Managers by Fountains Of Wayne	2003	86
125	45:33 by LCD Soundsystem	2007	86
126	LCD Soundsystem by LCD Soundsystem	2005	86
127	Black Sheep Boy by Okkervil River	2005	86
128	Feast of Wire by Calexico	2003	86
129	What Does It All Mean? 1983-2006 Retrospective by Steinski	2008	86
130	The Futureheads by The Futureheads	2004	86
131	Chavez Ravine by Ry Cooder	2005	86
132	Transcendental Blues by Steve Earle	2000	86
133	Harps And Angels by Randy Newman	2008	86
134	Fortress by Protest The Hero	2008	86
135	Boxer by The National	2007	86
136	White Blood Cells by The White Stripes	2001	86
137	The Wind by Warren Zevon	2003	86
138	All Hands On The Bad One by Sleater-Kinney	2000	86
139	Little Sparrow by Dolly Parton	2001	86
140	Cee-Lo Green Is The Soul Machine by Cee-Lo	2004	86
141	The Lemon Of Pink by The Books	2003	86
142	Tell Tale Signs: The Bootleg Series Vol. 8 by Bob Dylan	2008	86
143	Ocean's Eleven OST by David Holmes	2001	86
144	The Intercontinentals by Bill Frisell	2003	86
145	OST by 24 Hour Party People	2002	86
146	The Convincer by Nick Lowe	2001	86
147	The Mysterious Production Of Eggs by Andrew Bird	2005	85
148	xx by The xx	2009	85
149	Rook by Shearwater	2008	85
150	Party Music by The Coup	2001	85
151	Life...The Best Game In Town by Harvey Milk	2008	85
152	I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning by Bright Eyes	2005	85
153	Third by Portishead	2008	85
154	Don't Give Up On Me by Solomon Burke	2002	85
155	Didn't It Rain by Songs: Ohia	2002	85
156	Holopaw by Holopaw	2003	85
157	Girls Can Tell by Spoon	2001	85
158	Stay Positive by The Hold Steady	2008	85
159	Pause by Four Tet	2001	85
160	Magnolia Electric Co. by Songs: Ohia	2003	85
161	Murs 3:16 The 9th Edition by Murs	2004	85
162	Hail To The Thief by Radiohead	2003	85
163	Laulu Laakson Kukista by Paavoharju	2008	85
164	Mezmerize by System Of A Down	2005	85
165	Beauty And The Beat by Edan	2005	85
166	Twin Cinema by The New Pornographers	2005	85
167	For Hero: For Fool by Subtle	2006	85
168	New Moon by Elliott Smith	2007	85
169	Have One On Me by Joanna Newsom	2010	85
170	The Drift by Scott Walker	2006	85
171	Streetcore by Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros	2003	85
172	The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place by Explosions In The Sky	2003	85
173	Source Tags & Codes by ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead	2002	85
174	Happy Songs For Happy People by Mogwai	2003	85
175	Psychic Chasms by Neon Indian	2009	85
176	Oceans Apart by The Go-Betweens	2005	85
177	Veckatimest by Grizzly Bear	2009	85
178	Kicking Television: Live In Chicago by Wilco	2005	85
179	The Real New Fall L.P. (Formerly Country On The Click) by The Fall	2004	85
180	Bubblegum by Mark Lanegan Band	2004	85
181	Tenacious D by Tenacious D	2001	85
182	The Soft Bulletin by The Flaming Lips	1999	85
183	Journal For Plague Lovers by Manic Street Preachers	2009	85
184	I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass by Yo La Tengo	2006	85
185	Chemistry Of Common Life by Fucked Up	2008	85
186	Bitte Orca by Dirty Projectors	2009	85
187	Crimes by The Blood Brothers	2004	85
188	Blinking Lights And Other Revelations by Eels	2005	85
189	Transatlanticism by Death Cab For Cutie	2003	85
190	Run To Ruin by Nina Nastasia	2003	85
191	Dongs of Sevotion by Smog	2000	85
192	The Meadowlands by The Wrens	2003	85
193	Boys And Girls In America by The Hold Steady	2006	85
194	Ys by Joanna Newsom	2006	85
195	Late Registration by Kanye West	2005	85
196	Supermodified by Amon Tobin	2000	85
197	Kish Kash by Basement Jaxx	2003	85
198	Revolution by Miranda Lambert	2009	85
199	Crazy Ex-Girlfriend by Miranda Lambert	2007	85
200	One Beat by Sleater-Kinney	2002	85

Bottom 100 Scores: The Worst-Reviewed Albums
1	Playing With Fire by Kevin Federline	2006	15
2	Hefty Fine by Bloodhound Gang	2005	28
3	Results May Vary by Limp Bizkit	2003	33
4	Testify by Phil Collins	2002	34
5	One by Dirty Vegas	2004	35
6	Juliana's Pony: Total System Failure by Juliana Hatfield	2000	35
7	Rebirth by Lil Wayne	2010	37
8	Slick Dogs And Ponies by Louis XIV	2008	37
9	Life On Display by Puddle Of Mudd	2003	37
10	(One) by The Panic Channel	2006	39
11	Finding Beauty In Negative Spaces by Seether	2007	39
12	Shwayze by Shwayze	2008	39
13	Graffiti by Chris Brown	2009	39
14	Jagged Little Pill Acoustic by Alanis Morissette	2005	40
15	Liz Phair by Liz Phair	2003	40
16	Never Gone by Backstreet Boys	2005	40
17	Under The Radar by Daniel Powter	2008	40
18	A Lively Mind by Paul Oakenfold	2006	40
19	Gameface by Master P	2001	40
20	A Day Without Rain by Enya	2000	41
21	14 Shades Of Grey by Staind	2003	41
22	All The Right Reasons by Nickelback	2005	41
23	Hoodstar by Chingy	2006	41
24	And Then Boom by Iglu & Hartly	2008	42
25	Cosmos Rocks by Queen + Paul Rodgers	2008	42
26	iSouljaBoyTellem by Soulja Boy	2008	42
27	It Had to Be You... The Great American Songbook by Rod Stewart	2002	42
28	Jewellery Quarter by The Twang	2009	42
29	Scream by Chris Cornell	2009	42
30	Baptism by Lenny Kravitz	2004	43
31	I Am Me by Ashlee Simpson	2005	43
32	The Rebirth Of Venus by Ben Lee	2009	43
33	If On A Winter's Night... by Sting	2009	43
34	Crown Royal by Run-D.M.C.	2001	43
35	For the Masses by Hadouken!	2010	43
36	Charmbracelet by Mariah Carey	2002	43
37	Generation by Audio Bullys	2006	44
38	The Weirdness by The Stooges	2007	44
39	Mission Accomplished [EP] by Tricky	2001	44
40	Better Than Heavy by Mongrel	2009	44
41	Imperial Blaze by Sean Paul	2009	44
42	The Entrance Band by The Entrance Band	2009	44
43	Turn It Up by Pixie Lott	2009	44
44	Melodia by The Vines	2008	44
45	Hannicap Circus by Bizarre	2005	44
46	Good Morning Revival by Good Charlotte	2007	45
47	For Now by The Bishops	2009	45
48	Democrazy by Damon Albarn	2003	45
49	Como Ama Una Mujer by Jennifer Lopez	2007	45
50	All That I Am by Santana	2005	45
51	T.O.S. (Terminate On Sight) by G-Unit	2008	45
52	Blood In My Eye by Ja Rule	2003	45
53	Forever by Spice Girls	2000	45
54	Billy Talent III by Billy Talent	2009	45
55	True Magic [First Version] by Mos Def	2006	45
56	My Conscience And I by Remi Nicole	2007	46
57	Weird Revolution by Butthole Surfers	2001	46
58	Earth To The Dandy Warhols by Dandy Warhols	2008	46
59	Pull The Pin by Stereophonics	2007	46
60	Wilderness by Brett Anderson	2008	46
61	Lost And Found by Mudvayne	2005	46
62	Tourist by Athlete	2005	46
63	Persona by Queen Latifah	2009	46
64	Metamorphosis by Papa Roach	2009	46
65	Hotel by Moby	2005	47
66	Other People's Songs by Erasure	2003	47
67	No Baggage by Dolores O'Riordan	2009	47
68	Types Of Wood by Whirlwind Heat	2006	47
69	Have Mercy by The Mooney Suzuki	2007	47
70	Concrete Rose by Ashanti	2004	47
71	Double Bubble by Stereo MC's	2008	47
72	Big Bad World by Plain White T's	2008	47
73	This Is Forever by She Wants Revenge	2007	47
74	One Of The Boys by Katy Perry	2008	47
75	Gary Go by Gary Go	2009	47
76	Pullhair Rubeye by Avey Tare & Kria Brekkan	2007	47
77	BareNaked by Jennifer Love Hewitt	2002	47
78	Happy Ending by Dogstar	2000	47
79	Outta Sight / Outta Mind by The Datsuns	2004	47
80	The Battle For Everything by Five For Fighting	2004	47
81	This Is A Fix by The Automatic	2008	47
82	Brooklyn's Don Diva by Foxy Brown	2008	47
83	Songs from the Sparkle Lounge by Def Leppard	2008	47
84	Chapter V by Staind	2005	48
85	When It All Goes South by Alabama	2001	48
86	Studio 150 by Paul Weller	2004	48
87	Ashley Walters by Ashley Walters	2009	48
88	Beyond The Neighbourhood by Athlete	2007	48
89	Guilty Pleasure by Ashley Tisdale	2009	48
90	Rascalize by The Rascals	2008	48
91	Play Music by Thieves Like Us	2009	48
92	Renaissance by Lionel Richie	2001	48
93	Wanderlust by Gavin Rossdale	2008	48
94	In Living Cover by Jay Brannan	2009	48
95	Eye Legacy by Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes	2009	48
96	The End of All Things to Come by Mudvayne	2002	48
97	Monkey Business by Black Eyed Peas	2005	48
98	Stealing Of A Nation by Radio 4	2004	48
99	Second Round's On Me by Obie Trice	2006	48
100	P.D.A. by Hey Willpower	2008	48

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