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53 3Oh!3
76 Actress
75 Against Me!
56 Christina Aguilera
70 Allo Darlin'
83 Laurie Anderson
93 The Arcade Fire
85 Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti
77 Olafur Arnalds
81 As I Lay Dying
70 Audio Bullys
51 Avenged Sevenfold
81 Avi Buffalo
67 B.o.B
69 Band Of Horses
73 Beach Fossils
80 Dierks Bentley
90 Big Boi
82 The Black Keys
76 Blitzen Trapper
61 Bombay Bicycle Club
76 Tracy Bonham
64 Booka Shade
82 The Books
66 Born Ruffians
71 Toni Braxton
77 Broken Social Scene
63 Bullet For My Valentine
63 Mary Chapin Carpenter
71 The Chemical Brothers
73 Chrome Hoof
84 The Claudia Quintet
67 Club 8
59 CocoRosie
65 Court Yard Hounds
xx Cowboy Junkies
67 Sheryl Crow
75 Crowded House
61 Taio Cruz
77 Crystal Castles
48 Miley Cyrus
74 Danger Mouse And Sparklehorse
63 Fyfe Dangerfield
73 Danzig
70 The Dead Weather
71 Deer Tick
78 Deftones
78 Delorean
71 Delphic
74 Delta Spirit
73 Department Of Eagles
77 The Depreciation Guild
69 Devo
77 Drake
xx Dru Hill
74 The Drums
63 Eminem
74 Alejandro Escovedo
59 Melissa Etheridge
81 The Fall
81 Far
64 Faust
70 First Aid Kit
85 Flying Lotus
79 Foals
77 Fol Chen
68 Sage Francis
76 Free Energy
80 Frog Eyes
72 Future Islands
77 The Futureheads
79 The Gaslight Anthem
89 Mary Gauthier
76 Gayngs
60 Godsmack
73 Gogol Bordello
57 Macy Gray
67 Hanson
77 Ed Harcourt
82 Harvey Milk
75 Hawthorne Heights
76 HEALTH
71 Here We Go Magic
81 Micah P. Hinson
75 The Hold Steady
55 Hole
75 Holy Fuck
80 Jesca Hoop
68 Hot Hot Heat
62 How To Destroy Angels
83 I Am Kloot
54 Natalie Imbruglia
76 Indian Jewelry
66 The Infesticons
62 Jewel
69 Jack Johnson
82 Tom Jones
77 Damien Jurado
59 Keane
77 Kelis
85 Konono No. 1
59 Korn
72 Lali Puna
56 Cyndi Lauper
73 Bettye LaVette
84 LCD Soundsystem
76 Jamie Lidell
66 Light Pollution
80 The Like
59 Lil Jon
69 M.I.A.
77 Male Bonding
72 Maps & Atlases
68 Marina & The Diamonds
80 Steve Mason
70 Travie McCoy
63 Sarah McLachlan
64 Meat Loaf
76 The Melvins
77 Menomena
73 Tift Merritt
xx Bret Michaels
66 Kylie Minogue
69 Minus The Bear
91 Janelle Monae
87 Jason Moran
52 Morcheeba
77 The Mynabirds
73 Mystery Jets
74 Nada Surf
71 Nas And Damian Marley
84 The National
71 The New Pornographers
61 New Young Pony Club
76 Oasis
73 Kele Okereke
60 Ozzy Osbourne
76 Mike Patton
71 Peggy Sue
71 Pernice Brothers
72 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
79 Phosphorescent
55 Plies
83 Pulled Apart By Horses
78 Punch Brothers
89 R.E.M.
70 Ratatat
80 Reflection Eternal
71 Rhymefest
78 Max Richter
80 Josh Ritter
75 Robert Randolph And The Family Band
76 Robyn
100 The Rolling Stones
47 Rooney
85 The Roots
82 Rick Ross
37 RPA & the United Nations of Sound
68 School of Seven Bells
71 Scissor Sisters
75 Ty Segall
71 Semi Precious Weapons
70 Sia
73 Sleepy Sun
84 Sleigh Bells
66 The Smashing Pumpkins
70 Stars
79 Steel Train
59 Stereophonics
64 Steve Miller Band
60 Sting
70 Stone Temple Pilots
76 Suckers
76 Sun Kil Moon
81 Teenage Fanclub
80 The-Dream
70 Thee Oh Sees
77 Tracey Thorn
69 Tobacco
72 Tokyo Police Club
83 Trash Talk
67 Two Door Cinema Club
48 Uffie
68 UNKLE
76 Various Artists
67 Venice Is Sinking
79 Villagers
67 We Are Scientists
64 We Are The Fallen
85 Paul Weller
74 Widespread Panic
76 Wolf Parade
61 Zero 7

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	The Suburbs by The Arcade Fire	2010	93
11	Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards by Tom Waits	2006	92
12	Boy In Da Corner by Dizzee Rascal	2004	92
13	Elephant by The White Stripes	2003	92
14	Live In London by Leonard Cohen	2009	91
15	A Grand Don't Come For Free by The Streets	2004	91
16	The ArchAndroid by Janelle Monae	2010	91
17	Speakerboxxx/The Love Below by OutKast	2003	91
18	Canto by Los Super Seven	2001	91
19	From Here We Go Sublime by The Field	2007	90
20	Illinois by Sufjan Stevens	2005	90
21	Original Pirate Material by The Streets	2002	90
22	Alice by Tom Waits	2002	90
23	Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son Of Chico Dusty by Big Boi	2010	90
24	Is This It? by The Strokes	2001	90
25	Funeral by The Arcade Fire	2004	90
26	London Zoo by The Bug	2008	90
27	Untrue by Burial	2007	90
28	XTRMNTR by Primal Scream	2000	90
29	Z by My Morning Jacket	2005	90
30	Since I Left You by The Avalanches	2001	89
31	Neon Golden by The Notwist	2003	89
32	Rounds by Four Tet	2003	89
33	Modern Times by Bob Dylan	2006	89
34	Miss E... So Addictive by Missy Elliott	2001	89
35	HoboSapiens by John Cale	2004	89
36	Bachelor No. 2 (or, the last remains of the dodo) by Aimee Mann	2000	89
37	Fed by Plush	2008	89
38	Last Exit by Junior Boys	2004	89
39	Merriweather Post Pavilion by Animal Collective	2009	89
40	Songs For The Deaf by Queens Of The Stone Age	2002	89
41	Wearemonster by Isolée	2005	89
42	Ali & Toumani by Ali Farka Toure And Toumani Diabate	2010	89
43	Hell Hath No Fury by Clipse	2006	89
44	Chutes Too Narrow by The Shins	2003	88
45	Yours, Mine & Ours by Pernice Brothers	2003	88
46	Hypermagic Mountain by Lightning Bolt	2005	88
47	Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt. II by Raekwon	2009	88
48	69 Love Songs by Magnetic Fields	1999	88
49	Ta Det Lugnt by Dungen	2004	88
50	Dear Science, by TV On The Radio	2008	88
51	Return To Cookie Mountain by TV On The Radio	2006	88
52	Wicked Grin by John Hammond	2001	88
53	Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea by PJ Harvey	2000	88
54	Up In Flames by Manitoba	2003	88
55	College Dropout by Kanye West	2004	88
56	Where Shall You Take Me by Damien Jurado	2003	88
57	Rejoicing In The Hands by Devendra Banhart	2004	88
58	Vespertine by Bjork	2001	88
59	From A Basement On The Hill by Elliott Smith	2004	88
60	The Blueprint by Jay-Z	2001	88
61	In Rainbows by Radiohead	2007	88
62	The Woods by Sleater-Kinney	2005	88
63	Destroyer's Rubies by Destroyer	2006	88
64	Kill The Moonlight by Spoon	2002	88
65	Monoliths & Dimensions by Sunn O)))	2009	88
66	Abattoir Blues / The Lyre Of Orpheus by Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds	2004	88
67	I Am A Bird Now by Antony And The Johnsons	2005	88
68	Fishscale by Ghostface Killah	2006	88
69	Arular by M.I.A.	2005	88
70	Remedy by Basement Jaxx	1999	88
71	Exit by Shugo Tokumaru	2008	88
72	For Emma, Forever Ago by Bon Iver	2008	88
73	Leaves Turn Inside You by Unwound	2001	87
74	Blue Record by Baroness	2009	87
75	Person Pitch by Panda Bear	2007	87
76	Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes	2008	87
77	The Argument by Fugazi	2001	87
78	Decoration Day by Drive-By Truckers	2003	87
79	Showtime by Dizzee Rascal	2004	87
80	Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!! by Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds	2008	87
81	The Dirty South by Drive-By Truckers	2004	87
82	Historicity by Vijay Iyer Trio	2009	87
83	The Town And The City by Los Lobos	2006	87
84	World Without Tears by Lucinda Williams	2003	87
85	Things We Lost In The Fire by Low	2001	87
86	Cold House by Hood	2001	87
87	Now, More Than Ever by Jim Guthrie	2004	87
88	Raising Sand by Robert Plant And Alison Krauss	2007	87
89	Let's Stay Friends by Les Savy Fav	2007	87
90	Franz Ferdinand by Franz Ferdinand	2004	87
91	Ágætis Byrjun by Sigur Rós	2001	87
92	Neon Bible by The Arcade Fire	2007	87
93	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot by Wilco	2002	87
94	Congotronics by Konono No. 1	2005	87
95	Stumble Into Grace by Emmylou Harris	2003	87
96	Phrenology by The Roots	2002	87
97	Favourite Colours by The Sadies	2004	87
98	The Creek Drank The Cradle by Iron & Wine	2002	87
99	Children Running Through by Patty Griffin	2007	87
100	Seven Swans by Sufjan Stevens	2004	87
101	Kala by M.I.A.	2007	87
102	Phantom Power by Super Furry Animals	2003	87
103	Mass Romantic by The New Pornographers	2000	87
104	Sound Of Silver by LCD Soundsystem	2007	86
105	One Word Extinguisher by Prefuse 73	2003	86
106	Time (The Revelator) by Gillian Welch	2001	86
107	Comicopera by Robert Wyatt	2007	86
108	Welcome To Mali by Amadou & Mariam	2009	86
109	Mirrored by Battles	2007	86
110	Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts by M83	2004	86
111	Fixed::Context [EP] by Labradford	2001	86
112	Hercules And Love Affair by Hercules And Love Affair	2008	86
113	Estudando o Pagode by Tom Zé	2006	86
114	Robyn by Robyn	2008	86
115	Separation Sunday by The Hold Steady	2005	86
116	The Decline Of British Sea Power by British Sea Power	2003	86
117	Quicksand / Cradlesnakes by Califone	2003	86
118	Blues Dream by Bill Frisell	2001	86
119	Rings Around The World by Super Furry Animals	2002	86
120	You Forgot It In People by Broken Social Scene	2003	86
121	Minimum-Maximum [Live] by Kraftwerk	2005	86
122	Thunder, Lightning, Strike by The Go! Team	2005	86
123	Beautifully Human: Words And Sounds Vol. 2 by Jill Scott	2004	86
124	'Sno Angel Like You by Howe Gelb	2006	86
125	Welcome Interstate Managers by Fountains Of Wayne	2003	86
126	45:33 by LCD Soundsystem	2007	86
127	LCD Soundsystem by LCD Soundsystem	2005	86
128	Black Sheep Boy by Okkervil River	2005	86
129	Seek Magic by Memory Tapes	2009	86
130	xx by The xx	2009	86
131	What Does It All Mean? 1983-2006 Retrospective by Steinski	2008	86
132	Feast of Wire by Calexico	2003	86
133	The Futureheads by The Futureheads	2004	86
134	Chavez Ravine by Ry Cooder	2005	86
135	Transcendental Blues by Steve Earle	2000	86
136	Harps And Angels by Randy Newman	2008	86
137	Fortress by Protest The Hero	2008	86
138	Boxer by The National	2007	86
139	White Blood Cells by The White Stripes	2001	86
140	The Wind by Warren Zevon	2003	86
141	All Hands On The Bad One by Sleater-Kinney	2000	86
142	Little Sparrow by Dolly Parton	2001	86
143	Cee-Lo Green Is The Soul Machine by Cee-Lo	2004	86
144	The Lemon Of Pink by The Books	2003	86
145	Tell Tale Signs: The Bootleg Series Vol. 8 by Bob Dylan	2008	86
146	Ocean's Eleven OST by David Holmes	2001	86
147	The Intercontinentals by Bill Frisell	2003	86
148	OST by 24 Hour Party People	2002	86
149	The Convincer by Nick Lowe	2001	86
150	Cosmogramma by Flying Lotus	2010	85
151	The Mysterious Production Of Eggs by Andrew Bird	2005	85
152	Rook by Shearwater	2008	85
153	Party Music by The Coup	2001	85
154	Life...The Best Game In Town by Harvey Milk	2008	85
155	I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning by Bright Eyes	2005	85
156	How I Got Over by The Roots	2010	85
157	Third by Portishead	2008	85
158	Don't Give Up On Me by Solomon Burke	2002	85
159	Didn't It Rain by Songs: Ohia	2002	85
160	Holopaw by Holopaw	2003	85
161	Assume Crash Position by Konono No. 1	2010	85
162	Girls Can Tell by Spoon	2001	85
163	Stay Positive by The Hold Steady	2008	85
164	Pause by Four Tet	2001	85
165	Magnolia Electric Co. by Songs: Ohia	2003	85
166	Murs 3:16 The 9th Edition by Murs	2004	85
167	Hail To The Thief by Radiohead	2003	85
168	Laulu Laakson Kukista by Paavoharju	2008	85
169	Mezmerize by System Of A Down	2005	85
170	Beauty And The Beat by Edan	2005	85
171	Twin Cinema by The New Pornographers	2005	85
172	For Hero: For Fool by Subtle	2006	85
173	New Moon by Elliott Smith	2007	85
174	The Drift by Scott Walker	2006	85
175	Streetcore by Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros	2003	85
176	The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place by Explosions In The Sky	2003	85
177	Source Tags & Codes by ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead	2002	85
178	Happy Songs For Happy People by Mogwai	2003	85
179	Psychic Chasms by Neon Indian	2009	85
180	Have One On Me by Joanna Newsom	2010	85
181	Oceans Apart by The Go-Betweens	2005	85
182	Veckatimest by Grizzly Bear	2009	85
183	Kicking Television: Live In Chicago by Wilco	2005	85
184	The Real New Fall L.P. (Formerly Country On The Click) by The Fall	2004	85
185	Bubblegum by Mark Lanegan Band	2004	85
186	Tenacious D by Tenacious D	2001	85
187	The Soft Bulletin by The Flaming Lips	1999	85
188	Journal For Plague Lovers by Manic Street Preachers	2009	85
189	I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass by Yo La Tengo	2006	85
190	Chemistry Of Common Life by Fucked Up	2008	85
191	Bitte Orca by Dirty Projectors	2009	85
192	Crimes by The Blood Brothers	2004	85
193	Blinking Lights And Other Revelations by Eels	2005	85
194	Transatlanticism by Death Cab For Cutie	2003	85
195	Run To Ruin by Nina Nastasia	2003	85
196	Dongs of Sevotion by Smog	2000	85
197	The Meadowlands by The Wrens	2003	85
198	Boys And Girls In America by The Hold Steady	2006	85
199	Ys by Joanna Newsom	2006	85
200	Wake Up The Nation by Paul Weller	2010	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	United Nations of Sound by RPA & the United Nations of Sound	2010	37
10	Life On Display by Puddle Of Mudd	2003	37
11	(One) by The Panic Channel	2006	39
12	Finding Beauty In Negative Spaces by Seether	2007	39
13	Sweet 7 by Sugababes	2010	39
14	Shwayze by Shwayze	2008	39
15	Graffiti by Chris Brown	2009	39
16	Jagged Little Pill Acoustic by Alanis Morissette	2005	40
17	Liz Phair by Liz Phair	2003	40
18	Never Gone by Backstreet Boys	2005	40
19	Under The Radar by Daniel Powter	2008	40
20	A Lively Mind by Paul Oakenfold	2006	40
21	Gameface by Master P	2001	40
22	A Day Without Rain by Enya	2000	41
23	14 Shades Of Grey by Staind	2003	41
24	All The Right Reasons by Nickelback	2005	41
25	Hoodstar by Chingy	2006	41
26	And Then Boom by Iglu & Hartly	2008	42
27	Cosmos Rocks by Queen + Paul Rodgers	2008	42
28	iSouljaBoyTellem by Soulja Boy	2008	42
29	It Had to Be You... The Great American Songbook by Rod Stewart	2002	42
30	Jewellery Quarter by The Twang	2009	42
31	Scream by Chris Cornell	2009	42
32	Baptism by Lenny Kravitz	2004	43
33	I Am Me by Ashlee Simpson	2005	43
34	The Rebirth Of Venus by Ben Lee	2009	43
35	If On A Winter's Night... by Sting	2009	43
36	Crown Royal by Run-D.M.C.	2001	43
37	For the Masses by Hadouken!	2010	43
38	Charmbracelet by Mariah Carey	2002	43
39	Generation by Audio Bullys	2006	44
40	The Weirdness by The Stooges	2007	44
41	Mission Accomplished [EP] by Tricky	2001	44
42	Better Than Heavy by Mongrel	2009	44
43	Imperial Blaze by Sean Paul	2009	44
44	The Entrance Band by The Entrance Band	2009	44
45	Turn It Up by Pixie Lott	2009	44
46	Melodia by The Vines	2008	44
47	Hannicap Circus by Bizarre	2005	44
48	Good Morning Revival by Good Charlotte	2007	45
49	For Now by The Bishops	2009	45
50	Democrazy by Damon Albarn	2003	45
51	Como Ama Una Mujer by Jennifer Lopez	2007	45
52	All That I Am by Santana	2005	45
53	T.O.S. (Terminate On Sight) by G-Unit	2008	45
54	Blood In My Eye by Ja Rule	2003	45
55	Forever by Spice Girls	2000	45
56	Billy Talent III by Billy Talent	2009	45
57	True Magic [First Version] by Mos Def	2006	45
58	My Conscience And I by Remi Nicole	2007	46
59	Weird Revolution by Butthole Surfers	2001	46
60	Earth To The Dandy Warhols by Dandy Warhols	2008	46
61	Pull The Pin by Stereophonics	2007	46
62	Wilderness by Brett Anderson	2008	46
63	Lost And Found by Mudvayne	2005	46
64	Tourist by Athlete	2005	46
65	Persona by Queen Latifah	2009	46
66	Metamorphosis by Papa Roach	2009	46
67	Hotel by Moby	2005	47
68	Other People's Songs by Erasure	2003	47
69	No Baggage by Dolores O'Riordan	2009	47
70	Eureka by Rooney	2010	47
71	Types Of Wood by Whirlwind Heat	2006	47
72	Have Mercy by The Mooney Suzuki	2007	47
73	Concrete Rose by Ashanti	2004	47
74	Double Bubble by Stereo MC's	2008	47
75	Big Bad World by Plain White T's	2008	47
76	This Is Forever by She Wants Revenge	2007	47
77	One Of The Boys by Katy Perry	2008	47
78	Everybody Wants To Be On TV by Scouting For Girls	2010	47
79	Gary Go by Gary Go	2009	47
80	Pullhair Rubeye by Avey Tare & Kria Brekkan	2007	47
81	BareNaked by Jennifer Love Hewitt	2002	47
82	The Battle For Everything by Five For Fighting	2004	47
83	Happy Ending by Dogstar	2000	47
84	Outta Sight / Outta Mind by The Datsuns	2004	47
85	Almost Alice by Various Artists	2010	47
86	This Is A Fix by The Automatic	2008	47
87	Brooklyn's Don Diva by Foxy Brown	2008	47
88	Songs from the Sparkle Lounge by Def Leppard	2008	47
89	Chapter V by Staind	2005	48
90	Studio 150 by Paul Weller	2004	48
91	When It All Goes South by Alabama	2001	48
92	Ashley Walters by Ashley Walters	2009	48
93	Beyond The Neighbourhood by Athlete	2007	48
94	Guilty Pleasure by Ashley Tisdale	2009	48
95	Rascalize by The Rascals	2008	48
96	Play Music by Thieves Like Us	2009	48
97	Renaissance by Lionel Richie	2001	48
98	Wanderlust by Gavin Rossdale	2008	48
99	In Living Cover by Jay Brannan	2009	48
100	Eye Legacy by Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes	2009	48

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