Graduation
by Kanye West
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Graduation is ranked 5th best out of 15 albums by Kanye West on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Kanye West is My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy which is ranked number 34 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 22,254.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| 03/10/2026 23:05 | ramontxo21 | 13 | 81/100 | |
| 03/07/2026 13:10 | BoxFL | 2,746 | 51/100 | |
| 02/27/2026 09:57 |  Purplepash | 4,801 | 75/100 | |
| 02/23/2026 21:52 | wizardalien | 801 | 47/100 | |
| 02/19/2026 18:53 | Thearei30ee | 610 | 79/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.1/100, a mean average of 75.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.4.
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Shortlisted for album of the year at the 2008 Grammys. The winner was River: The Joni Letters by Herbie Hancock
good album (besides a few songs) by far the best Kanye album
It is probably in my top three favorite albums of all time, the production behind this album is incredible and I truly believe this is the best of Kanye's discography. I don't think any of his other albums have as many songs to remember as Graduation has. Favorites include I Wonder, Stronger, Champion, and Good Morning among others. 9.5/10
Good Morning - 88
Champion - 87
Stronger - 97
I Wonder - 92
Good Life - 89
Cant Tell Me Nothing - 91
Barry Bonds - 79
Drunk And Hot Girls - 77
Flashing Lights - 95
Everything I Am - 86
The Glory - 83
Homecoming - 93
Big Brother - 84
Overall - 87.77
Brad1770 08/22/2022 02:20 | #288810
My eldest daughter is a Kanye devote and she tells me this is her favourite Yeezy album - not the best but favourite and thats a solid gold recommendation. For mine I was a little underwhelmed with this one but love love loved the layers of synth added to the mix which made the entire experience feel fresh and uplifting
In closing I’ll leave a quote from my daughter
“Dad, Graduation isn’t his best album but its the one he’ll be remembered for “
Yet another superb album. I used to think Kanye was all talk, but he is right - he is a genius. Again proving he is head and shoulders above anyone else in this genre. Drunk/Hot Girls is the only weak song on an album filled with great tunes. My favourites are Homecoming, Stronger, Everything I Am and Good Life.
Don't know why this is so much lower than the two other "Graduation" albums, it's more consistant imo. Barry Bonds is pretty bad, Drunk and hot girls as well, but "Flashing Lights", "Good Life" "Good Morning" "Stronger" "I Wonder" and my favourite "Homecoming" are great. Should be higher rated
This album does feel a bit weaker to his other releases around this time but the samples are still very good. There are some brilliant pop songs on here like Good Life, Stronger, Homecoming and Flashing Lights with all of them so easily getting stuck in your head. Other than these 3 and maybe one or two others I think the rest feels pretty filler and doesn't grab my attention. It feels a little more disjointed than his other albums and I don't think the music flows as well. It has definitely been more inspired by pop and so is a little more accessible but doesn't have that quality we are used to with Kanye. Overall, an album I never could get truly into and think there are far superior Kanye albums to listen to before you get to this one.
87.5/100 average song rating
LukasAntoine00s 08/24/2021 13:56 | #272780
78.5
Kanye West es uno de los artistas de rap más versátiles que existen. Si nunca has estado muy familiarizado ni a gusto con el rap, escucharlo es la mejor forma de volverte fan. Graduation es disonante con sus melodías, en algunas canciones muy buenas, como en mi favorita del album, Stronger, y en otras no están mal y me imagino que es un fan favorite, pero no mi favorito como en I Wonder, que me se me hizo un simil con So Appalled de MBDTF.
En resumen, es un album con varios temas a rescatar, y otros que no pegan muy bien, pero que para el nivel del rap como género me parece que cae más agradable que el promedio.
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