The Information
by Beck
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The Information is ranked 9th best out of 22 albums by Beck on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Beck is Odelay which is ranked number 267 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,051.
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The Information track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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The Information rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2006 | 83/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 95 Music Albums of 2006 | 15/95 | 4 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 81 Music Albums of 2006 | 9/81 | 5 |
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 28 Music Albums of 2006 | 23/28 | 1 |
| 2026 | blueandthemoon | Top 100 Music Albums of 2006 | 62/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | beatlematt | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 94/100 | 7 |
| 2026 | shanelovesyou1111 | Top 74 Music Albums of 2006 | 1/74 | 5 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 2006 | 98/100 | - |
| 2026 | PapaShiz86 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2006 | 63/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  junodog4 | Top 20 Music Albums of 2006 | 11/20 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 150 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 524 | |||
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The Information ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/05/2026 04:06 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,613 | 70/100 |
| ! | 05/16/2026 04:57 | Jaymantheman | 1,470 | 78/100 |
| ! | 03/02/2026 17:06 | lolhahaha | 82 | 85/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 18% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.8/100, a mean average of 73.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.5.
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pedro1976 10/03/2025 05:34 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) pedro1976 09/18/2025 12:57 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)The Information comments
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TheDude85 06/26/2019 15:14 | #238330
Interesting that this album includes a track called "Elevator Music" because I thought of the entire album as background music - not bad elevator music, but nothing that really captured me and made me want to hear it again either. Am I the only person whose album contained an unannotated bonus disc? (Edited)
RoundTheBend 04/09/2019 03:37 | #234655 | TOP COMMENT
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"I like how all the comments are like
Beck didn't changed, he's still the Beck we know when we listened to Beck."
This album is classic Beck and a great listen. Even if nothing makes me crap myself on this album, I'd listen to this 500x on repeat before I'd listen to most artists feeble attempts to be this good.
"Elevator Music" and "Think I'm In Love" are some of the best songs in Beck's catalog. Unfortunately, the album tapers off bit by bit after that.
Sure, it doesn't compare to his mid 90s work, and one could argue that he tries nothing new since this record is built off alt rock, hip-hop and scattered electronica, *but* "The Information" manages to hold your attention whilst providing great tunes for over an hour. Now if that isn't impressive, then I don't know what is.
Good album by Beck, it starts off really strong but kinda dips in quality towards the last 5 tracks (the No Complaints through Motorcade run is particularly a step down in quality compared to the tracks before them). Still, it's a solid record and it has one of my favorite songs by Beck (Soldier Jane).
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