MassEducation
by St. Vincent
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St. Vincent bestography
MassEducation is ranked 8th best out of 9 albums by St. Vincent on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by St. Vincent is St. Vincent which is ranked number 474 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,559.
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MassEducation track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
MassEducation rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 100 Music Albums of 2018 | 93/100 | 0 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 100 Music Albums of 2018 | 10/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | Cheboygan74 | Top 27 Music Albums of 2018 | 18/27 | 2 |
| 2025 |  Igtonumama | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 17/100 | 17 |
| 2025 | Igtonumama | Top 100 Music Albums of 2018 | 3/100 | 5 |
| 2025 | dukeboxkool | 100 of the Albums I listened to in 2018 | 14/100 | - |
| 2025 | Invader666 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2018 | 36/100 | 3 |
| 2025 | Igtonumama | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 91/100 | 9 |
| 2024 | ThuramThugood | Ranked - St. Vincent (USA) - Ranked | 9/11 | - |
| 2023 | arnellarsen | Top 100 Music Albums of 2018 | 55/100 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 28 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 99 | |||
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MassEducation ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/09/2026 20:43 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,692 | 70/100 |
| ! | 04/25/2026 21:42 |  Robert Anton Wil | 1,149 | 84/100 |
| ! | 08/04/2025 00:18 | Skerns | 5,212 | 80/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 12% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.4/100, a mean average of 75.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.2.
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MassEducation forum mentions
albummaster 07/11/2026 08:31 in Year Change NoticesMassEducation comments
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It's perhaps not my place to say whether or not this version of the record was necessary (Annie has explained that it was the result of a musical bond she has with pianist Thomas Bartlett) but overall I feel that this re-imagination is noticeably inferior to the original.
Love it or not, a lot of Masseduction's appeal came from its dense synthpop textures and use of crisp electronic rhythm (which was where Jack Antonoff's work on the record really elevated it). While Annie's vocals are still as addictive as ever here, I feel as if the stripped-down piano arrangements neuter many of these songs and rob them of the 'punch' that was so present on the original record.
For what it is, it's nice enough. Bartlett's piano playing is really beautiful when it's allowed to shine (on tracks like 'Sugarboy' and 'Hang on Me') but on many others, these songs seem to lack the same substance as the original record.
6/10.
Favorites: Sugarboy, Hang on Me, Happy Birthday Johnny
rlly not neccessary.......... at all. these "slower, stripped back, acoustic" songs taken from the excellent masseduction will no doubt appeal to rockists who were turned off by the poppy production on last year's record (you know, the idiots who think this sort of music is instantly superior to electropop !!), but make no mistake, although technically accomplished, these tracks are really quite boring in comparison to the original versions and render themselves soporific and essentially useless.
paladisiac TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/18/2018 14:37 | #222724
((tori amos * 0.7) + (kate bush * 0.3))
VictorVale 02/13/2019 13:54 | #231878
Delicadas e fortes. Algumas realmente brilharam!
essentially useless
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