Crack The Skye
by Mastodon
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Crack The Skye is ranked as the best album by Mastodon.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Crack The Skye track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 85 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Crack The Skye rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  ssteve | Top 53 Music Albums of 2009 | 5/53 | 5 |
| 2026 | mrmcrook | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 100/100 | 0 |
| 2026 | jonny5244 | Album Club 1 - 100 | 3/100 | - |
| 2026 |  covecove | Top 100 Music Albums of 2009 | 9/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | BBC Music Best Albums 2009 Rock & Indie | 13/20 | - |
| 2026 |  ERadio | Top 50 Music Albums of 2009 | 4/50 | 5 |
| 2026 | SethGunde | Top 3 Music Albums of 2009 | 3/3 | 2 |
| 2026 | MasterOfPuppets | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 15/100 | 17 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Lost At Sea: Best Albums 2009 | 22/25 | - |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 2009 | 21/100 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 307 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,731 | |||
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Crack The Skye ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 5 days ago | Exist-en-ciel | 16,312 | 70/100 |
| ! | 09/22/2026 10:08 |  doombringer | 2,371 | 75/100 |
| ! | 08/29/2026 14:47 | Pienk | 746 | 80/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 80.4/100, a mean average of 79.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.6.
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Crack The Skye forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 10/02/2026 08:18 in Monthly overall chart movements - September 2026View latest topic →
BestEverAlbums 08/29/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5419): By MasterOfPuppetsView latest topic →
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Crack The Skye comments
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Mastodon kills it! The whole album rocks and the finale "The Last Baron" is 13 minutes of excellence! the thundering beast isnt dead
AAL2014 TOP 100 COMMENTER 09/29/2015 05:32 | #150671 | TOP COMMENT
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Mastodon has just been such a great band since the beginning, and slowly but surely turning into a legendary metal act, and this is their best album.
Very progressive and heavy, but can provide a good hook, something not many bands can do with such conviction.
When I was in high school I used to love this album, every single note sounded amazing to me. I still consider this as their best work, a little masterpiece in its genre.
teague TOP 100 COMMENTER 02/15/2019 17:07 | #231980 | TOP COMMENT
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This is the best album ever. Not really, but it's fantastic. The Czar blew my mind the first time I heard it. And The Last Baron is probably their best song. (Edited)
This album is 50 minutes of non stop energy and just pure heavy metal fun. Pretty much every track is an essential listen with only one track being the weaker of the 7 songs. The strongest song is definitely The Czar with the guitar work on that song being pure perfection to my ears. Unlike some heavy metal albums where the music gets a bit repetitive on here it stays completely unique on every track and also remains true to the progressiveness of the album. My favourite part of this record is that there is so much to explore and you can notice new things with each listen especially on tracks like The Last Baron. Overall, one of the best heavy metal albums I have ever heard and I am excited to explore more of their discography. (Edited)
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