The Understanding
by Röyksopp
Röyksopp bestography
The Understanding is ranked 3rd best out of 12 albums by Röyksopp on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Röyksopp is Melody A.M. which is ranked number 2026 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 810.
(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).
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The Understanding rankings
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The Understanding ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| 12/07/2025 20:23 | Araldo | 1,471 | 80/100 | |
| 11/06/2025 01:10 |  ExTeaSea | 5,143 | 82/100 | |
| 08/31/2025 13:42 | TonySayers61 | 23,870 | 64/100 | |
| 06/04/2025 15:59 | RemainInLight | 3,228 | 36/100 | |
| 01/30/2025 05:19 | jnmayles | 2,114 | 73/100 |
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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 11.5.
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Boltzmann 02/29/2020 10:25 | #248327
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.
TheDude85 04/20/2019 14:30 | #235285
Average dance pop. I expected more after the auspicious debut.
So underrated, but a great album. You can get it for a very good price in the limited edition with 5 extra tracks.
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