Illinois
by Sufjan Stevens

Overall rank: 43rd | 2000s rank: 5th | 2005 rank: 1st
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2026	Pavloss	Top 51 Music Albums of the 2000s	3/51	19
2026	tim0505	Top 14 Music Albums of 2005	1/14	5
2026	ForegroundNoise	Top 50 Music Albums of the 2000s	5/50	18
2026	Keatownrodriguez	My Favorite Albums From Every Year	37/58	-
2026	JMGL95	Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s	5/100	19
2026	Kalos	Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s	6/100	19
2026	Scrabbler	Top 100 Greatest Music Albums	12/100	89
2026	jdizzle123456	My New List?	98/100	-
2026	DommeDamian	Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s	58/100	9
2026	daisy	Top 40 Greatest Music Albums	19/40	51
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		Total Rank Score: The total rank score.		19,099

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80/100 !	09/08/2026 06:42	dsavard	654	77/100
90/100 !	09/06/2026 21:49	mash	1,493	89/100
85/100 !	08/31/2026 22:04	ikeguy	45	86/100

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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 85.9/100, a mean average of 84.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 86.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.2.

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BestEverAlbums 36 hours ago in Chart of the day (#5441): By UnliveableWilts

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BestEverAlbums 09/16/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5437): By Untitled

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nextorgd 08/06/2025 21:44 | #310428

Brilliant from beggining to end. So creative. (Edited)

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From wizardalien 04/26/2025 18:54 | #308727

Some great tracks here - Chicago, the Zombies song, Jacksonville, Decatur, The Man of Metropolis. But there are too many filler tracks and 2-minute tracks that don't offer anything. The album is too bloated, as are the titles of the tracks themselves. A bit of pruning and I can see how this is considered a top 50 album of all time, but as it is I struggle to see it. (Edited)

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From Smith 05/13/2024 15:37 | #303503

A great album well worth listening to. (Edited)

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From Rnmusic 02/27/2023 17:03 | #294508

Need to give this more listens (Edited)

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From leniad 10/11/2022 05:37 | #290362

Sufjan Magnus Opus, an artist that is one of the greatest since the 21st century started (Edited)

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