To The 5 Boroughs (studio album)
by Beastie Boys

To The 5 Boroughs by Beastie Boys
Year: 2004
Release date: 2004-06-15
Overall rank: 5,411th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 119 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2004 (80th)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (943rd)
Award Best albums of all time (5,411th)

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Beastie Boys bestography

To The 5 Boroughs is ranked 7th best out of 16 albums by Beastie Boys on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Beastie Boys is Paul's Boutique which is ranked number 244 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,629.

Beastie Boys album bestography « Higher ranked (5,248th)
Hot Sauce Committee Part Two
This album (5,411th)
To The 5 Boroughs
Lower ranked (25,454th) »
The Mix-Up

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To The 5 Boroughs track list

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Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 119 votes)
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.7/100, a mean average of 69.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.3.

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80/100
From 06/15/2020 17:07
Classic Beastie. This is a fun album!
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From 11/08/2016 21:30
This harkens the Boys to an older time where raw rapping and hip-hop was beloved by all. Unfortunately, this was not the case when this album was released, so public appeal was not terribly fantastic as it wasn't witty for the most part as fans of the group expected from them. That being said, this is strong stuff. They really pulled out the rhyming punches here, none stronger than in Ch-Check It Out, which is way up there amongst their best tracks. Letter to NYC is also a poignant and powerful tune after the tragedy on 9/11, and the album art featuring both towers standing is a further message of empowerment and hope that is done quite well and tastefully.

Key Cuts: Ch-Check It Out, Triple trouble, Right Right Now Now
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90/100
From 04/27/2015 17:10
Not their best by a hundred stretches, but this album gets a lot more hate than is due. I'm a big fan of a lot of the tracks. Sure, they never made another License to Ill or Paul's Boutique, but I'd argue that this is their third best.
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From 09/08/2012 01:41
Sorry boys, but your age showed on this one. Very disappointing considering all that good stuff that came before.
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From 06/30/2012 22:53
I guess their style doesn't work well with aging.
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From 05/04/2012 08:49
This is the Beasties doing a mostly straightforward version of hip hop without many bells and whistles. I kinda miss those bells and whistles but it's still a good album.
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