Vespertine
by Björk
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Björk bestography
Vespertine is ranked 2nd best out of 30 albums by Björk on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Björk is Homogenic which is ranked number 90 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 12,420.
(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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Vespertine track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 85 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Vespertine rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 1 hour ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  LebowskiRams | Top 19 Music Albums of 2001 | 4/19 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Boltzmann | My Favorite Albums | 99/100 | - |
| 2026 |  btener11 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 48/100 | 11 |
| 2026 |  JoaoMoreira | Top 62 Music Albums of the 2000s | 37/62 | 8 |
| 2026 |  kinglyostrich | Top 99 Greatest Music Albums | 93/99 | 7 |
| 2026 |  SquishypuffDave | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 19/100 | 82 |
| 2026 |  sageamagoo | Top 99 Greatest Music Albums | 49/99 | 48 |
| 2026 |  eclab | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 27/100 | 15 |
| 2026 |  LedZep | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 6/100 | 19 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 78/100 | 5 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 855 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 9,253 | |||
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Vespertine ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 4 days ago |  pedro1976 | 1,580 | 71/100 |
| ! | 10/05/2026 17:51 | Siromynian | 1,786 | 74/100 |
| ! | 10/05/2026 16:50 |  HaterOfTobyFox | 146 | 80/100 |
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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 83.4/100, a mean average of 82.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 83.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.4.
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Vespertine forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 10/02/2026 08:18 in Monthly overall chart movements - September 2026 BestEverAlbums 09/09/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5430): By ForegroundNoiseVespertine comments
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Strangel TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/19/2016 06:11 | #166449 | TOP COMMENT
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I like Homogenic, but it never made me feel other-worldly and in a sort of ice-dream reverie like Vespertine manages to do for me. Great albums take you somewhere else, on a journey or to a place of comfort. This is why it is her best album. I was a bit surprised to see Homogenic rated higher...
I can't even bear to imagine how difficult it must be to create a follow-up to the unbelievable masterpiece that is "Homogenic", but Björk successfully managed to put out a brilliant record that continues the trend of sounding nothing like its predecessor.
This album is beautiful beyond words. It reminds me of glistening morning dew in a little, secluded patch of grass on a cold winter's morning. Chilly and sensual, the album makes the most of quiet electronica with skittering beats and turns the whole thing into something utterly gorgeous.
Shoutout to the album opener and closer "Hidden Place" & "Unison" which are utterly divine. "Vespertine" is one of the best albums of the 2000s from one of the greatest contemporary artists ever.
Bjork's chill out album. Vespertine, is another beautifully original and unique record. Bjork is one of those artists that just astounds you, almost everything she does is jaw dropping and mind blowing, and this LP is up there with any of her other albums. Lovely record. Sweet, sensual, and sexy.
Bullshit that this is behind Is This It, Amnesiac, and Origin of Symmetry for the year (not to mention the all-time list) because this album is vastly superior and more original
sophialeviev 05/16/2018 18:47 | #214934 | TOP COMMENT
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Bjork's best, hands-down. Her at her peak. Her lyrics and composition are as good as any poetry you can find in contemporary literature. Socratic discussion material. Actually had a prof @ NYU play and make us dissect some of the songs on this album (Sun in my Mouth, Undo). If you haven't listened to Vespertine hundreds of times by now, you're doing it wrong.
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