Spiritual Machines
by Our Lady Peace
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Our Lady Peace bestography
Spiritual Machines is ranked 4th best out of 12 albums by Our Lady Peace on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Our Lady Peace is Clumsy which is ranked number 4492 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 321.
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Spiritual Machines track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 73 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Spiritual Machines 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 | bonnequestion | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 42/100 | 57 |
| 2026 | LordMark | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 52/100 | 46 |
| 2026 | bonnequestion | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 10/100 | 18 |
| 2026 | bonnequestion | Top 24 Music Albums of 2000 | 1/24 | 5 |
| 2026 | bonnequestion | Best albums from '95 to '04 | 5/100 | - |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | top 65r albums (66), #0001-0100* | 45/78 | - |
| 2026 | bonnequestion | Best Canadian Albums | 9/100 | - |
| 2026 | bonnequestion | Best Ever Albums - 1 per Year | 30/68 | - |
| 2026 |  TheDarkOrb | Top 47 Music Albums of 2000 | 29/47 | 2 |
| 2025 |  idiotican | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 16/100 | 17 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 29 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 217 | |||
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Spiritual Machines ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 3 days ago | Exist-en-ciel | 15,926 | 70/100 |
| ! | 01/25/2026 23:05 | DJStuart79 | 5,983 | 59/100 |
| ! | 07/10/2025 11:57 |  Milhaud | 2,164 | 71/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 15% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.0/100, a mean average of 73.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.7.
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BestEverAlbums 07/17/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5376): By bonnequestionSpiritual Machines comments
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Our Lady Peace have released a lot of incredible albums, and it makes it really hard to choose any favourite. Each are concrete, and complete creations. Especially among their older albums, this band has managed to put together tracks that pull one's emotions. Key to this is Raine Maida, and in Spiritual Machines, he shows, like always, that he is masterful in his vocals, and consistently capable of inputting the emotions of the narrator into them. This album probably reveals the most insanity of the track's narrators, and Maida is able to make insanity sound musical... No small feat. Listen to this album if you enjoy alternative rock at all.
pearljammer13 TOP 100 COMMENTER 11/30/2011 01:23 | #31703 | TOP COMMENT
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Not enough people have heard this album.
The last great OLP album, Spiritual Machines is an awesome record full of intensity and great music. I really like the artwork of this album too. I'm not sure that their concept and the whole thing with the talking tracks helps, but I don't think it harms too much either. The songs are all still great and well delivered.
junodog4 TOP 100 COMMENTER 02/19/2015 22:24 | #135313 | TOP COMMENT
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Interesting concept. Our Lady Peace swung for the fences, and wiffed. It's a little forced and awkward. Points for effort.
The band's most creative release, and my third favourite OLP album overall, behind Naveed and Clumsy.
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