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60 31Knots
82 Abe Vigoda
71 The Academy Is...
53 The Airborne Toxic Event
79 Alias
77 Theresa Andersson
78 Annuals
76 Apollo Sunshine
47 The Automatic
79 Azeda Booth
75 Joan Baez
84 Bajofondo
56 David Banner
76 The Baseball Project
77 Beck
77 Black Affair
59 Black Ghosts
74 Black Kids
79 Blitzen Trapper
74 Bodies Of Water
71 Brazilian Girls
72 Brightblack Morning Light
66 The Broken West
50 Buckcherry
79 Lindsey Buckingham
90 The Bug
56 Caesars
78 Calexico
70 Glen Campbell
70 Brendan Canning
74 Castanets
63 Cats In Paris
74 The Chemical Brothers
65 Cold War Kids
69 Alice Cooper
79 Rodney Crowell
63 CSS
67 Miley Cyrus
46 Dandy Warhols
65 Kimya Dawson
73 Dead Confederate
72 Death Vessel
83 Deerhoof
78 Delta Spirit
79 Damien Dempsey
79 Ani DiFranco
58 DJ Khaled
66 The Donkeys
72 Dr. Dog
80 DragonForce
78 The Duhks
77 Dungen
92 Bob Dylan
73 Brian Eno + David Byrne
62 The Faint
67 The Fiery Furnaces
63 Ben Folds
64 iForward, Russia!
72 Friendly Fires
71 Fujiya & Miyagi
65 The Game
74 Inara George With Van Dyke Parks
74 Giant Sand
79 Girl Talk
83 Glasvegas
61 Golden Animals
64 Mike Gordon
68 Gym Class Heroes
77 GZA
66 Neil Halstead
64 Albert Hammond, Jr.
72 Juliana Hatfield
61 Hawthorne Heights
81 High Places
77 High Places
73 Zach Hill
85 The Hold Steady
80 Jolie Holland
83 David Holmes
81 Horse Feathers
68 Howling Hex
58 Jennifer Hudson
71 Human Highway
70 Ice Cube
66 Ida Maria
68 Jack's Mannequin
69 Jaguar Love
73 James
81 Jamey Johnson
70 Jonas Brothers
78 Damien Jurado
83 Kasai Allstars
57 Kerli
89 B.B. King
65 Kings Of Leon
67 Ladyhawke
77 Lambchop
73 Leila
54 Levellers
74 Jenny Lewis
76 Lykke Li
82 Lindstrom
72 Little Jackie
58 The Little Ones
57 LL Cool J
60 Lloyd
60 The Lord Dog Bird
81 Patty Loveless
76 John Mellencamp
71 The Melvins
69 Mercury Rev
78 Metallica
71 Metronomy
74 Mirah
75 Mogwai
64 Motorhead
66 Mugison
78 Nico Muhly
75 Murs
84 The Music Tapes
71 Nas
65 Nelly
79 Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis
50 New Kids On The Block
77 The New Year
85 Randy Newman
80 Ne-Yo
57 Nightmares On Wax
65 The Nightwatchman
78 Nine Inch Nails
62 Noah And The Whale
68 Oasis
75 Conor Oberst
78 Okkervil River
77 Old Crow Medicine Show
80 One Day As A Lion
75 Oneida
73 Joan Osborne
75 Oxford Collapse
85 Paavoharju
78 Amanda Palmer
65 Parenthetical Girls
89 Aaron Parks
73 Lee "Scratch" Perry
51 Kellie Pickler
70 Pivot
58 Plain White T's
89 Plush
78 The Pretenders
64 Primal Scream
52 Pussycat Dolls
75 Ra Ra Riot
71 Ratatat
62 Re-Up Gang
62 Rex The Dog
68 Rise Against
76 Roots Manuva
71 Darius Rucker
72 The Rumble Strips
81 Raphael Saadiq
57 Sam Champion
73 Scars On Broadway
81 Pete Seeger
70 Ron Sexsmith
68 The Shaky Hands
39 Shwayze
58 Jessica Simpson
69 Slipknot
80 Patti Smith and Kevin Shields
73 Solange
69 Son, Ambulance
59 Spinto Band
65 Rick Springfield
65 Staind
47 Stereo MC's
72 Stereolab
82 Marnie Stern
71 The Stills
63 The Streets
73 The Subways
83 Sugarland
70 Matthew Sweet
75 T.I.
72 Robin Thicke
71 Thievery Corporation
77 Irma Thomas
79 Tindersticks
71 Tittsworth
90 Shugo Tokumaru
74 Emiliana Torrini
67 James Jackson Toth
72 Randy Travis
70 Tricky
89 TV On The Radio
78 The Uglysuit
92 Underoath
56 UNKLE
61 David Vandervelde
77 Chad VanGaalen
71 The Verve
75 Vivian Girls
78 Volcano!
68 Loudon Wainwright III
81 The Walkmen
66 Ben Weaver
83 The Week That Was
77 Paul Weller
70 Brian Wilson
76 Wire
63 XX Teens
60 Yo Majesty
71 Young Jeezy
55 Yung Berg

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.
In addition, you may view the top-rated albums by year: All | 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00

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

Top 200 Scores: The Best-Reviewed Albums