A Thousand Suns
by Linkin Park
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Linkin Park bestography
A Thousand Suns is ranked 4th best out of 21 albums by Linkin Park on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Linkin Park is Hybrid Theory which is ranked number 519 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,322.
(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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A Thousand Suns track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 73 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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A Thousand Suns rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | sunnydhamm | Top 38 Music Albums of 2010 | 13/38 | 3 |
| 2026 | Gendjar | Top 6 Music Albums of 2010 | 5/6 | 2 |
| 2026 | Museman | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 37/100 | 13 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 71 Music Albums of 2010 | 60/71 | 1 |
| 2026 | Jakor | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 27/100 | 15 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | all-time fav arteests (pts) #196-290* | 49/95 | - |
| 2026 | stanchoiaz | Top 23 Music Albums of 2010 | 11/23 | 3 |
| 2026 | jlsfourth | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 13/100 | 18 |
| 2026 | paladisiac | top albums, #1101-1200* | 77/78 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 2010 | 21/83 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 96 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 486 | |||
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A Thousand Suns ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/26/2026 18:31 |  MetalMan67 | 6,215 | 71/100 |
| ! | 07/04/2026 07:05 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,617 | 70/100 |
| ! | 05/12/2026 17:36 | Jakor | 5,535 | 70/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 58.1/100, a mean average of 57.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 57.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 24.8.
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dihansse 08/16/2017 20:01 in My discoveries per yearA Thousand Suns comments
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More mellow and electronic than previous efforts. This departure from their traditional sound works for me
Arguably LP's best album (although any of the first 4 can be considered the best one) and easily their most unique. They completely take a new direction with their sound here like others have pointed out and it works wonders, it's just a shame they didn't stick with it. Waiting for the End is my favorite LP song of all time.
Top tracks
1) Waiting for the End
2) Robot Boy/The Catalyst
3) Burning In the Skies (Edited)
A welcome change of pace by Linkin Park. The consistence is questionable, as it usually happens with concept albums, but it has some strong moments. I consider this their best album. Overall, 70/100.
One of my all time favorite albums. Extremely underrated. I get frustrated with people who tell me LP fell off after Meteora.
Incandescent and Waiting for the End are beautiful songs, they just don't appeal to the typical LP fan base. The music across the album is phenomenal.
The concept as a whole really works for me; I appreciate the Oppenheimer, MLK Jr., and Mario Savio speeches thrown in to add to the concept of political apocalypse. (Edited)
jeremy9 01/27/2020 15:29 | #247222
Terrible album (Edited)
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