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70 AFI
65 Air
71 Alice In Chains
77 Amerie
70 Anjulie
85 The Antlers
75 Arctic Monkeys
68 As Tall As Lions
82 Atlas Sound
75 The Avett Brothers
67 Backstreet Boys
56 Bad Lieutenant
68 Devendra Banhart
72 Lou Barlow
88 Baroness
69 Basement Jaxx
81 David Bazan
72 Brendan Benson
72 The Big Pink
96 Big Star
46 Billy Talent
75 The Black Crowes
51 Black Mold
59 Amanda Blank
68 Blitzen Trapper
75 BLK JKS
77 A.A. Bondy
73 The Bottle Rockets
63 Box Elders
65 Boys Like Girls
76 Brand New
73 Tyondai Braxton
87 Brother Ali
70 Ian Brown
75 Michael Buble
78 Built To Spill
61 Colbie Caillat
79 Califone
68 Mariah Carey
84 Brandi Carlile
73 Julian Casablancas
83 Rosanne Cash
69 Castanets
65 The Cave Singers
84 Nick Cave & Warren Ellis
79 Vic Chesnutt
75 Choir Of Young Believers
81 Circulatory System
68 The Clean
84 The Clientele
71 Cobra Starship
85 Converge
71 Eric Copeland
80 Cymbals Eat Guitars
71 Datarock
59 Dead By Sunrise
76 Dead Man's Bones
64 Desolation Wilderness
88 Destroyer
63 The Dodos
77 Drive-By Truckers
74 The Duke & The King
66 Bob Dylan
44 The Entrance Band
67 Esser
69 Fanfarlo
63 Felix Da Housecat
68 Fink
78 The Flaming Lips
66 Flight Of The Conchords
79 Florence And The Machine
67 John Fogerty
77 Fruit Bats
83 Fuck Buttons
71 Nelly Furtado
47 Gary Go
68 Ghostface Killah
79 Girls
59 Gloriana
69 Gossip
62 David Gray
66 David Guetta
79 Richard Hawley
74 Mayer Hawthorne
66 Headlights
79 HEALTH
77 Joe Henry
66 Hockey
69 Whitney Houston
68 Imogen Heap
59 Jack Ingram
79 Islands
73 Jessie James
74 Jamie T
83 Japandroids
65 Jay-Z
51 Jet
69 Daniel Johnston
76 Karen O And The Kids
72 Toby Keith
69 Kid Cudi
65 Kings Of Convenience
62 Sean Kingston
64 KISS
76 Kris Kristofferson
68 KRS-One & Buckshot
76 La Roux
84 Miranda Lambert
72 Ledisi
75 Sondre Lerche
56 Juliette Lewis
82 Lightning Bolt
76 Lightning Dust
73 Little Dragon
44 Pixie Lott
73 Lyle Lovett
66 Lovvers
75 Baaba Maal
77 Madness
84 Madonna
85 Manic Street Preachers
62 Maps
55 Massive Attack
57 Matisyahu
67 Reba McEntire
66 Tim McGraw
65 Brian McKnight
79 Mew
77 Malcolm Middleton
77 Mika
68 Amy Millan
76 Mission Of Burma
73 Modest Mouse
76 Molina And Johnson
80 Monsters Of Folk
62 Morrissey
85 Mount Eerie
78 The Mountain Goats
62 Múm
72 Muse
66 Willie Nelson
78 Nirvana
97 Nirvana
72 Nisennenmondai
80 No Age
71 Noah And The Whale
75 Noisettes
79 Nudge
68 Nurses
47 Dolores O'Riordan
74 Os Mutantes
73 Osso
81 Owen
76 Paramore
76 Pastels And Tenniscoats
51 Sean Paul
80 Pearl Jam
66 Jemina Pearl
72 Jack Penate
65 Phish
82 Pissed Jeans
61 Pitbull
79 A Place To Bury Strangers
63 Julian Plenti
66 Robert Pollard
79 Polvo
72 Porcupine Tree
80 Q-Tip
80 R.E.M.
89 Raekwon
69 Rain Machine
70 Ramona Falls
75 Dizzee Rascal
75 The Raveonettes
76 Jay Reatard
82 Reigning Sound
81 Rodrigo Y Gabriela
79 Russian Circles
69 Buffy Sainte-Marie
73 Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions
61 Sally Shapiro
78 Shudder To Think
75 Sian Alice Group
70 Simian Mobile Disco
58 Simple Minds
72 Six Organs Of Admittance
69 Slaughterhouse
80 Slayer
61 The Slits
62 Mindy Smith
83 Solillaquists Of Sound
78 Soulsavers
77 Speech Debelle
58 Spiral Stairs
58 Squarepusher
55 Steel Panther
73 Sufjan Stevens
52 Rod Stewart
65 Joss Stone
75 George Strait
83 Barbra Streisand
76 A Sunny Day In Glasgow
74 Susanna And The Magical Orchestra
78 The Swell Season
76 David Sylvian
83 Taken By Trees
78 Tegan And Sara
68 The Temper Trap
72 Themselves
82 They Might Be Giants
67 Third Eye Blind
68 Throw Me The Statue
66 J Tillman
69 Times New Viking
57 Tokio Hotel
67 Trey Songz
71 The Twilight Sad
58 Carrie Underwood
56 The Used
68 Various Artists
70 Various Artists
74 Various Artists
77 The Very Best
71 Kurt Vile
67 Vivian Girls
71 Volcano Choir
76 Rufus Wainwright
59 Weezer
80 White Denim
76 Why?
83 Wild Beasts
80 Wildbirds & Peacedrums
59 Andrew W.K.
71 Patrick Wolf
67 Wolfmother
84 The xx
70 YACHT
75 Yim Yames
79 Yo La Tengo
83 Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band
51 Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson
59 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.

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

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