Left & Leaving
by The Weakerthans
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The Weakerthans bestography
Left & Leaving is ranked 3rd best out of 4 albums by The Weakerthans on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Weakerthans is Reconstruction Site which is ranked number 4335 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 334.
(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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Left & Leaving track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Left & Leaving rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 2000 | 41/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 2000 | 32/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | Juneof44 | Top 50 Music Albums of 2000 | 17/50 | 3 |
| 2025 |  Larcx13 | Top 57 Music Albums of 2000 | 6/57 | 5 |
| 2025 | AlienCinema | Top 79 Music Albums of 2000 | 8/79 | 5 |
| 2025 | Moondance | My top 100 artists/albums: Canada | 57/98 | - |
| 2025 | asimpkins | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 74/100 | 5 |
| 2025 | Larcx13 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 64/100 | 7 |
| 2024 | asimpkins | Top 22 Music Albums of 2000 | 11/22 | 3 |
| 2023 | LosWochos | Die 101 besten Indierock-Alben (2016) by VISIONS | 44/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 35 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 135 | |||
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Left & Leaving ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 05/09/2025 07:46 | TonySayers61 | 25,683 | 64/100 |
| ! | 11/07/2024 19:27 | asimpkins | 3,171 | 70/100 |
| ! | 09/10/2024 18:19 | Larcx13 | 2,855 | 74/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.7/100, a mean average of 77.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.0.
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Left & Leaving forum mentions
imacgill 08/17/2022 02:37 in What Song Are You Listening To Right Now?
Komorebi-D 01/17/2019 01:42 in What album are you listening to right now?Left & Leaving comments
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Left & Leaving was the first truly Weakerthans album. Taking influence from folk, punk and contemporary indie, frontman John K. Samson delivers some of the most heartfelt and poetic lyricism you could ever expect out of a rock band.
I cannot believe that I am the first one to comment on this album! If you have any interest in 2000s Indie folk rock then check it out. The best lyrics ever combined with music that is rocking, emotional and suprising at the same time. This band saved my life and warmed my heart a lot of times. 2004 I read in a magazin that this band should have had the same status that coldplay had at these times. Completely true back then.
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