American Utopia
by David Byrne
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American Utopia is ranked as the best album by David Byrne.
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American Utopia track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
American Utopia rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 100 Music Albums of 2018 | 3/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 88 Music Albums of 2018 | 55/88 | 2 |
| 2026 | videoheadcleaner | videoheadcleaner's 401-500 | 19/100 | - |
| 2026 | byuzak | Top 66 Music Albums of 2018 | 58/66 | 1 |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 63 Music Albums of 2018 | 36/63 | 2 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Rolling Stone Brazil Os 50 melhores álbuns internacionais 2018 | 32/50 | - |
| 2026 | videoheadcleaner | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 42/100 | 12 |
| 2026 | joathome | Top 93 Music Albums of 2018 | 41/93 | 3 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 100 Music Albums of 2018 | 72/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | CripplingAutism | Top 64 Music Albums of 2018 | 10/64 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 72 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 199 | |||
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American Utopia ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/09/2026 18:52 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,981 | 70/100 |
| ! | 03/14/2026 14:50 | TonySayers61 | 25,763 | 64/100 |
| ! | 11/11/2025 22:21 | MaxStorm98 | 3,798 | 89/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.0/100, a mean average of 69.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 69.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.1.
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Purplepash 11/29/2018 10:48 in What album are you listening to right now?American Utopia comments
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Always a challenge. Typically off-beat and intricate. Humour in the lyrics and the variation between verse and chorus in the opening track starts off as jarring but then draws you in.
rockinsteve 09/18/2019 02:15 | #242745 | TOP COMMENT
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Strange, but interesting music. Some of the lyrics are VERY unusual, but also laugh out loud funny. An entertaining little album by Mr. Byrne!
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