The Hunter
by Mastodon
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Mastodon bestography
The Hunter is ranked 4th best out of 14 albums by Mastodon on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Mastodon is Crack The Skye which is ranked number 1008 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,732.
(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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The Hunter track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Hunter rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | vruslov | Top 90 Music Albums of 2011 | 6/90 | 5 |
| 2026 | MasterOfPuppets | Top 85 Music Albums of the 2010s | 8/85 | 18 |
| 2026 |  ERadio | Top 40 Music Albums of 2011 | 27/40 | 2 |
| 2026 |  teague | Top 32 Music Albums of 2011 | 4/32 | 5 |
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 99 Music Albums of 2011 | 78/99 | 1 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Mastodon | 6/11 | - |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Exclaim! Top Metal 2011 | 2/18 | - |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2011 | 30/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Missed The Cut- 2011 | 8/10 | - |
| 2026 | cicadelic | The Music Fix Best Albums 2011 | 18/30 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 101 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 448 | |||
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The Hunter ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/06/2026 12:23 |  doombringer | 2,373 | 75/100 |
| ! | 07/02/2026 21:23 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,517 | 70/100 |
| ! | 02/27/2026 23:32 | DaveH68 | 1,363 | 76/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.8/100, a mean average of 75.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.0.
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The Hunter forum mentions
Repo 01/28/2022 01:36 in Greatest Metal According to Gowi/LedZep/Repo/Rocky and I!
BestEverAlbums 07/25/2019 20:00 in Album of the day (#3145): The Hunter by MastodonView latest topic →
babyBlueSedan 09/13/2015 01:49 in What album are you listening to right now?The Hunter comments
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Decurso TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/07/2016 11:45 | #156049 | TOP COMMENT
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I definitely prefer the sludgier side of Mastodon to their melodic side, but this album has a nice mix of both. Easily their most mainstream release, which in itself makes it kind of unique in their catalog. Curl the Burl easily stands out as my favourite song. (Edited)
zdwyatt TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/23/2013 20:21 | #89012 | TOP COMMENT
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Mastodon have pulled back from the conceptual prog approach of their last couple of albums. The Hunter is a more straightforward hard rock record, sounding at times like '70s arena fuzz rock. The tracks are tight, punchy, and extremely hummable.
babyBlueSedan TOP 100 COMMENTER 09/13/2015 01:40 | #149607 | TOP COMMENT
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So I don't dislike this, but let me but it this way: if this was the first Mastodon album I had heard, I wouldn't have bothered to listen to the others. It's undeniably catchy, heavy, and fun, but it's also very formulaic and middle of the road. Crack The Skye is an absolute beast of an album that's just oozing with creativity, but this is a pretty generic metal record filled with riffs and choruses. I don't hate riffs and choruses, but you have to agree they get boring when every song has them. (Edited)
Mastodon has done it again. Another great album from a band that continues to evolve its sound beyond metal. Troy reaches a new level with his singing on this album, while Brent and Bill continue to create awesome licks. It may not be as aggressive and exciting as Leviathan, but it mixes a variety of styles that work.
Very average album. Most of the songs starts very promisingly but then just waiting to be finished because maybe the next will be better.
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