Modal Soul
by Nujabes

Modal Soul by Nujabes
Year: 2005
Release date: 2005-11-11
Overall rank: 1,257th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
82/100 (from 194 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2005 (23rd)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (187th)
Award Best albums of all time (1,257th)

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Modal Soul is ranked as the best album by Nujabes.

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 1,257th | 2000s rank: 187th | 2005 rank: 23rd
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2026HyggevinylTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s3/10020
2026 AAL2014Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s48/10011
2026winklewartTop 4 Greatest Music Albums3/4 -
2026 HaydenTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s74/1005
2026 AAL2014Favorite Albums From Japan 🇯🇵12/44 -
2026javicho07Top 16 Music Albums of 20053/164
2026 travelfulTop 100 Greatest Music Albums44/10056
2026juanr1096Top 100 Music Albums of 20053/1005
2026shanelovesyou1111Top 98 Music Albums of 200532/983
2026 arthurbittencourtTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s65/1007
2026javicho07Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s56/1009
2026PapaShiz86Top 100 Music Albums of 200554/1002
2026sweetnessTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s58/1009
2026Liks_on_musicTop 50 Greatest Music Albums14/5074
2026Exist-en-cielTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s16/10017
2026sunnydhammTop 47 Music Albums of 200522/473
2026Rm12398Top 38 Music Albums of 200520/383
2026VanillaBeanTop 71 Music Albums of the 2000s36/7110
2026saltysurpriseTop 43 Music Albums of 200515/433
2026Exist-en-cielTop 24 Music Albums of 20052/245
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 149
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 1,387
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82/100 (from 194 votes)
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12 hours ago araidernomore  Ratings distribution  45570/100
 
95/100
 
05/11/2026 20:07 winklewart  Ratings distribution  495/100
 
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04/29/2026 14:39 Liks_on_music  Ratings distribution  59881/100
 
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04/19/2026 18:34 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  9,69470/100
 
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01/11/2026 10:41 CellarDoor  Ratings distribution  8,51679/100

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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 81.7/100, a mean average of 81.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 82.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.5.

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95/100
From 05/06/2026 10:12 | #314331
Album of a generation.
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70/100
From 06/12/2022 11:34 | #286274
This record starts off brilliantly with 4 songs all in a row that just hit. All of them are unique and they flow extremely well from one track to the next. They are very catchy and they were stuck in my head for hours after I stopped listening to the album. The songs after this are still of a decent quality but there is definitely a dip and the music does lose its way a little. There are glimpses of greatness on some of the songs and the production value does remain very high throughout. However, the consistency isn't there in the songs and that does drag the album down for me. Also, it does drag and there is a few songs that go on for too long or they could be cut completely as they feel unnecessary. Overall, there are some amazing ideas on here but they just aren't consistent throughout the whole release.
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Rating:  
85/100
From 07/25/2021 21:40 | #271941
Que obra colossal!! Existe rap bom fora do eixo LA-NY!
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85/100
From 10/08/2020 01:40 | #259112
I'd heard of this album and artist, but I wasn't prepared for how awesome this is. This is BEAUTIFUL! The jazz moments are woven in so well. Some parts (eg. World's End Rhapsody) remind me too much of The Avalanches, but there are some awesome beats, tunes, and raps on here.
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From 12/23/2018 00:48 | #227713
This is the album that made me appreciate hip-hop. Such a beautiful collection of tracks with some amazing features here. This album puts out really good vibes.
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From 11/07/2018 19:27 | #224064
I never enjoyed hip-hop until I listened to this album.
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From 09/21/2018 22:18 | #221447
I don't listen to hip hop a whole lot, but I will make an exception for artists like nujabes! This helped change my mind about hip hop after growing up being tormented by hearing stuff like lil wayne and wiz Kalifa from everyone at school. Cise Starr, featured on "Feather" is my favorite rapper and I also really like his group CYNE.
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From 07/20/2018 20:28 | #218561
I don't listen to hip hop a whole lot, but this is definitely my favorite hip hop album to listen to. Props to nujabes and all the great rappers he collaborated with
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95/100
From 03/10/2018 02:04 | #210519
Finally broke the top 2000! This thing really deserves more attention. Easily should be in the top 500 at least.
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85/100
From 04/17/2017 02:42 | #189413
Love this album so much. One of the best hip hop of the 2000's and one of the most overlooked albums of this decade.
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