Deadringer
by RJD2

Overall rank: 5,047th | 2000s rank: 861st | 2002 rank: 84th
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Year	Source	Chart	Rank	Rank Score
2026	mikepen	Top 57 Music Albums of the 2000s	32/57	9
2026	paladisiac	Top 100 Music Albums of 2002	60/100	2
2026	Glitterboiii	100 Hip-Hop Essentials	45/100	-
2026	mostlymor	Top 100 Music Albums of 2002	55/100	2
2026	Rm12398	Top 34 Music Albums of 2002	20/34	2
2026	Exist-en-ciel	Top 100 Music Albums of 2002	66/100	2
2026	Graeme2	Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s	54/100	9
2026	PapaShiz86	Top 100 Music Albums of 2002	53/100	2
2026	ERadio	Top 70 Music Albums of 2002	16/70	4
2025	Hyggevinyl	Top 58 Music Albums of 2002	37/58	2
		Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in.		84
		Total Rank Score: The total rank score.		278

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75/100 !	07/20/2026 04:33	Exist-en-ciel	16,431	70/100
75/100 !	09/23/2025 07:32	cicadelic	14,259	73/100
80/100 !	08/22/2025 11:53	SomethingSpecial	1,820	82/100

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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 79.1/100, a mean average of 79.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.7.

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NoisyBeast 06/27/2023 06:28 in What album are you listening to right now?

“What album are you listening to right now?”

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Applerill 05/10/2015 17:45 in You must listen to the album below you.

“For applerill (youre up next right?) This actually was really, really great, even better than DJ Shadow IMO. Every track just had so many amazing grooves, and the sample choices seemed much more lyrical and conceptual than DJ Shadow's. Thank you so much for the rec, Bro. :D”

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From Anonymous 11/26/2014 00:02 in Chart talk

“I finish a 2002 chart right now. While making it I noticed it seemed a bit narrow. Most of my favorite albums from 2002 are huge sellers: Anyone know any good albums I miss for 2002? I still need to reach 50! A few of my favorites (that haven't already been mentioned):”

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buzzdainer TOP 100 COMMENTER 11/19/2019 21:41 | #245001 | TOP COMMENT

Often classified as an instrumental hip hop album, Deadringer feels to me like a fully realized artistic achievement compared, say, to something DJ Shadow might make. There's a surprising amount of emotional range here, and the fragments of samples that make up the album feel like they were always meant to be together. "Ghostwriter," with its light, shimmering guitar work, alternating samples of 'mmms' and 'ahhs,' and chorus of triumphant horns, recalls the joyful loopiness that defined the best psychedelic pop of the mid-1960s. The song's final joyful burst is so sublime that it alone justifies owning this album and listening to it with regularity. Honestly, this album felt so familiar to me right away that I can barely remember hearing it for the first time.

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