Silent Alarm
by Bloc Party

Overall rank: 363rd | 2000s rank: 59th | 2005 rank: 4th
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2026	Rikuff	Top 100 Greatest Music Albums	6/100	95
2026	araidernomore	Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s	39/100	12
2026	imacgill	Top 100 Music Albums of 2005	2/100	5
2026	RasmV	Most listened albums since I joined BEA	87/100	-
2026	Steppenwolf666	Top 99 Music Albums of 2005	78/99	1
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2026	xhitmanx	Top 32 Music Albums of 2005	3/32	5
2026	Kettwig	Top 30 Music Albums of 2005	1/30	5
2026	videoheadcleaner	Top 100 Greatest Music Albums	94/100	7
		Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in.		721
		Total Rank Score: The total rank score.		4,523

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77/100 (from 876 votes)

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85/100 !	10/06/2026 11:31	Siromynian	1,786	74/100
80/100 !	09/28/2026 21:00	luukvdschepop	793	75/100
85/100 !	09/16/2026 01:46	AAL2014	4,338	75/100

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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.3/100, a mean average of 76.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.9.

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BestEverAlbums 10/02/2026 08:18 in Monthly overall chart movements - September 2026

“The overall chart is ever changing, and it's difficult to keep up with the detail of what's happening. So, for those people who are interested, this post attempts to show the latest movements - biggest climbers, movers, new entries and leavers for the top 100, 250, 500 & 1000 over the past month,…”

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Silent Alarm comments

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75/100

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ShaneSpear TOP 100 COMMENTER 02/07/2011 04:58 | #18155 | TOP COMMENT

It's a shame Bloc Party immediately broke up and were replaced by shoddy androids right after this album came out.

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80/100

From AlexandreFortin 08/02/2016 19:54 | #172152 | TOP COMMENT

Also known as Bloc Party 'Best Of' album

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100/100

From ryanmg1985 12/04/2009 16:06 | #7434 | TOP COMMENT

I aggree w/ rani, such a rare thing to have such a great album out of nowhere. So many great tracks. Don't know where to begin. Catchy coruses, memorably vocal hamonies, downright funky at some points. This album truly offers everything.

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80/100

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meruizh 06/03/2014 12:28 | #113596 | TOP COMMENT

The first four tracks of this album just strike you like few other albums. After, the albums maintains a solid run. Definitely their best album and an enjoyable listen.

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junodog4 TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/05/2012 15:59 | #41576 | TOP COMMENT

To me, this album was like the Emperor's New Clothes. When it came out, there was so much buzz about how great it was, people went along with it and trumpeted its genius. It's like a crowd of people staring at a piece of modern art, when none of them enjoy it, but they all pretend to so that nobody thinks they're a pleb. There is nothing really wrong with this album, but it's not genius.

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