The Understanding
by Röyksopp
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Röyksopp bestography
The Understanding is ranked 4th best out of 12 albums by Röyksopp on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Röyksopp is Melody A.M. which is ranked number 1853 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 918.
(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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The Understanding track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Top-rated track as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members.
The Understanding rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 7 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 2005 | 78/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 92 Music Albums of 2005 | 17/92 | 4 |
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2005 | 87/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Boltzmann | My Favorite Albums | 65/100 | - |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | top 65r albums (65), #0001-0100* | 9/81 | - |
| 2025 | Hyggevinyl | Top 57 Music Albums of 2005 | 15/57 | 4 |
| 2025 | mostlymor | Top 100 Music Albums of 2005 | 39/100 | 3 |
| 2025 |  HelsinkiSnorkel | Top 41 Music Albums of 2005 | 13/41 | 4 |
| 2025 | skrapoel | Top 58 Music Albums of 2005 | 11/58 | 4 |
| 2025 | mostlymor | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 94/100 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 52 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 132 | |||
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The Understanding ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 04/13/2026 13:56 | Liks_on_music | 677 | 81/100 |
| ! | 12/07/2025 20:23 | Araldo | 1,472 | 80/100 |
| ! | 11/06/2025 01:10 | ExTeaSea | 5,249 | 83/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 8% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.0/100, a mean average of 74.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.4.
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The Understanding forum mentions
paladisiac 11/08/2017 18:43 in What album are you listening to right now?The Understanding comments
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Boltzmann TOP 100 COMMENTER 02/29/2020 10:25 | #248327 | TOP COMMENT
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The most European thing you'll ever hear. I love it; it perfectly mixes pop and downtempo, in the same way Air mixed vocal jazz with downtempo.
So underrated, but a great album. You can get it for a very good price in the limited edition with 5 extra tracks.
TheDude85 04/20/2019 14:30 | #235285 | TOP COMMENT
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Average dance pop. I expected more after the auspicious debut.
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