Rise Above
by Dirty Projectors
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Dirty Projectors bestography
Rise Above is ranked 4th best out of 12 albums by Dirty Projectors on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Dirty Projectors is Bitte Orca which is ranked number 875 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,977.
(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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Rise Above track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Rise Above 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 | Juneof44 | Top 50 Music Albums of 2007 | 31/50 | 2 |
| 2026 | gloriousgoo | Top 99 Greatest Music Albums | 46/99 | 53 |
| 2026 | OFarrio | Top 39 Music Albums of 2007 | 34/39 | 1 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 2007 | 97/100 | 0 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Plan B Best Albums 2007 | 9/20 | - |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 83 Music Albums of 2007 | 81/83 | 0 |
| 2025 | cicadelic | National Public Viking Best Albums 2007 | 17/29 | - |
| 2024 |  meccalecca | Top 48 Music Albums of 2007 | 42/48 | 1 |
| 2024 |  EyeKanFly | AM Bubbling Under 2000s 06 | 54/100 | - |
| 2024 | Johnnyo | U R C greatest albums of the 2000’s (401 - 500) | 49/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 34 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 125 | |||
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Rise Above ratings
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n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 12/31/2025 16:59 | EyeKanFly | 8,848 | 65/100 |
| ! | 09/08/2025 02:50 | imacgill | 2,828 | 79/100 |
| ! | 07/27/2025 14:34 | LosWochos | 47,581 | 75/100 |
Rating metrics:
Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.1/100, a mean average of 69.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.5.
Forum mentions
Komorebi-D 06/20/2018 06:40 in What album are you listening to right now?Rise Above comments
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40footwolf 04/14/2012 23:04 | #40281
This is that one. It also happens to be the yardstick by which I measure awful music. Like if I hear a terrible album I'll be like "Okay that was pretty bad, but was it 'Rise Above' bad?"
Is this that really twee album where they sing Black Flag songs? I might have heard a song from it the one time.
40footwolf 04/14/2012 22:25 | #40279
A toilet seat that smokes a cigar/Forever that is what you are/A toilet seat that smokes a cigar
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