Top 100 Scores: The Best-Reviewed Albums
Metacritic Music High and Low Scores
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 Boy In Da Corner by Dizzee Rascal 2004 92
10 Elephant by White Stripes 2003 92
11 Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards by Tom Waits 2006 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 Illinois by Sufjan Stevens 2005 90
16 World Without Tears by Lucinda Williams 2003 90
17 Alice by Tom Waits 2002 90
18 Is This It? by The Strokes 2001 90
19 Funeral by The Arcade Fire 2004 90
20 Original Pirate Material by The Streets 2002 90
21 XTRMNTR by Primal Scream 2000 90
22 Z by My Morning Jacket 2005 90
23 Since I Left You by The Avalanches 2001 89
24 Neon Golden by The Notwist 2003 89
25 Where Shall You Take Me by Damien Jurado 2003 89
26 Rounds by Four Tet 2003 89
27 Modern Times by Bob Dylan 2006 89
28 Miss E... So Addictive by Missy Elliott 2001 89
29 HoboSapiens by John Cale 2004 89
30 Bachelor No. 2 (or, the last remains of the dodo) by Aimee Mann 2000
31 Hell Hath No Fury by Clipse 2006 89
32 Last Exit by Junior Boys 2004 89
33 Return To Cookie Mountain by TV On The Radio 2006 89
34 Songs For The Deaf by Queens Of The Stone Age 2002 89
35 Children Running Through by Patty Griffin 2007 89
36 Wearemonster by Isolée 2005 89
37 Chutes Too Narrow by The Shins 2003 88
38 Yours, Mine & Ours by Pernice Brothers 2003 88
39 Hypermagic Mountain by Lightning Bolt 2005 88
40 69 Love Songs by Magnetic Fields 1999 88
41 Ta Det Lugnt by Dungen 2004 88
42 Wicked Grin by John Hammond 2001 88
43 Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea by PJ Harvey 2000 88
44 Up In Flames by Manitoba 2003 88
45 College Dropout by Kanye West 2004 88
46 From A Basement On The Hill by Elliott Smith 2004 88
47 Rejoicing In The Hands by Devendra Banhart 2004 88
48 Vespertine by Bjork 2001 88
49 The Blueprint by Jay-Z 2001 88
50 The Woods by Sleater-Kinney 2005 88
51 Kill The Moonlight by Spoon 2002 88
52 Abattoir Blues / The Lyre Of Orpheus by Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds
53 I Am A Bird Now by Antony And The Johnsons 2005 88
54 Fishscale by Ghostface Killah 2006 88
55 Arular by M.I.A. 2005 88
56 Remedy by Basement Jaxx 1999 88
57 Leaves Turn Inside You by Unwound 2001 87
58 Destroyer's Rubies by Destroyer 2006 87
59 Decoration Day by Drive-By Truckers 2003 87
60 The Argument by Fugazi 2001 87
61 Showtime by Dizzee Rascal 2004 87
62 Ys by Joanna Newsom 2006 87
63 The Dirty South by Drive-By Truckers 2004 87
64 The Town And The City by Los Lobos 2006 87
65 Things We Lost In The Fire by Low 2001 87
66 Cold House by Hood 2001 87
67 Now, More Than Ever by Jim Guthrie 2004 87
68 Franz Ferdinand by Franz Ferdinand 2004 87
69 Ágætis Byrjun by Sigur Rós 2001 87
70 Yankee Hotel Foxtrot by Wilco 2002 87
71 Congotronics by Konono No. 1 2005 87
72 Stumble Into Grace by Emmylou Harris 2003 87
73 Phrenology by The Roots 2002 87
74 Favourite Colours by The Sadies 2004 87
75 The Creek Drank The Cradle by Iron & Wine 2002 87
76 Seven Swans by Sufjan Stevens 2004 87
77 Phantom Power by Super Furry Animals 2003 87
78 Mass Romantic by The New Pornographers 2000 87
79 One Word Extinguisher by Prefuse 73 2003 86
80 Time (The Revelator) by Gillian Welch 2001 86
81 Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts by M83 2004 86
82 Fixed::Context [EP] by Labradford 2001 86
83 Estudando o Pagode by Tom Zé 2006 86
84 Hearts Of Oak by Ted Leo & The Pharmacists 2003 86
85 The Decline Of British Sea Power by British Sea Power 2003 86
86 Quicksand / Cradlesnakes by Califone 2003 86
87 Blues Dream by Bill Frisell 2001 86
88 Rings Around The World by Super Furry Animals 2002 86
89 You Forgot It In People by Broken Social Scene 2003 86
90 Minimum-Maximum [Live] by Kraftwerk 2005 86
91 Thunder, Lightning, Strike by The Go! Team 2005 86
92 Beautifully Human: Words And Sounds Vol. 2 by Jill Scott 2004 86
93 'Sno Angel Like You by Howe Gelb 2006 86
94 Welcome Interstate Managers by Fountains Of Wayne 2003 86
95 LCD Soundsystem by LCD Soundsystem 2005 86
96 Black Sheep Boy by Okkervil River 2005 86
97 Feast of Wire by Calexico 2003 86
98 The Futureheads by The Futureheads 2004 86
99 Chavez Ravine by Ry Cooder 2005 86
100 Transcendental Blues by Steve Earle 2000 86