Echoes Of Silence
by The Weeknd

Echoes Of Silence by The Weeknd
Year: 2011
Release date: 2011-12-21
Overall rank: 6,183rd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 138 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2011 (136th)
Award Top albums of the 2010s (1,164th)
Award Best albums of all time (6,183rd)

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The Weeknd bestography

Echoes Of Silence is ranked 8th best out of 13 albums by The Weeknd on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by The Weeknd is House Of Balloons which is ranked number 925 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,872.

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Echoes Of Silence rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 6,183rd | 2010s rank: 1,164th | 2011 rank: 136th
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2026 TamthebamTop 92 Music Albums of 201149/922
2026saltysurpriseTop 37 Music Albums of 201120/372
2026blueandthemoonTop 44 Music Albums of 201129/442
2025 videoheadcleanerTop 100 Music Albums of 201199/1000
2025bobnickmadTop 25 Music Albums of the 2010s19/256
2025 paladisiacTop 100 Music Albums of 201165/1002
2025 baystateoftheartTop 84 Music Albums of 201138/843
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2025 paladisiactop 65r albums (63), #0301-04005/100 -
2025 paladisiac2010s 65rating (64.09-63), #001-10075/97 -
2025SUPERJEFF6Top 100 Greatest Music Albums96/1004
2025 HaydenTop 100 Music Albums of 201198/1000
2025juanr1096Top 100 Music Albums of 201120/1004
2025frankoceanloverTop 100 Music Albums of the 2010s52/10010
2025MaxStorm98Top 72 Music Albums of 201142/722
2025lanadeleswiftTop 78 Music Albums of 201157/781
2025ThuramThugoodRanked - The Weeknd (CAN) - Ranked3/13 -
2024Bjartmar03Top 16 Music Albums of 201113/161
2024SUPERJEFF6Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s36/10013
2024jtrizzle35Top 17 Music Albums of 201113/171
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 60
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 212
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Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 138 votes)
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01/12/2026 00:26 iann97  Ratings distribution  1,97574/100
 
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.8/100, a mean average of 75.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.5.

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From 02/14/2025 22:30 | #307606
Album Rating: 89.33
(804/9)

The Weeknd (EOS - CAN - Dec 11) - Echoes Of Silence

21.12.2011

1. The Weeknd (EOS - CAN - Dec 11) - D.D. 97
2. The Weeknd (EOS - CAN - Dec 11) - Montreal. 97
3. The Weeknd (EOS - CAN - Dec 11) - Outside. 83
4. The Weeknd (EOS - CAN - Dec 11) - XO/The Host. 91
5. The Weeknd (EOS - CAN - Dec 11) - Initiation. 74
6. The Weeknd (EOS - CAN - Dec 11) - Same Old Song (Feat. Juicy J). 81
7. The Weeknd (EOS - CAN - Dec 11) - The Fall. 96
8. The Weeknd (EOS - CAN - Dec 11) - Next. 94
9. The Weeknd (EOS - CAN - Dec 11) - Echoes Of Silence. 91

Ranked in order:

* The Weeknd (EOS - CAN - Dec 11) - Montreal. 97
* The Weeknd (EOS - CAN - Dec 11) - D.D. 97
* The Weeknd (EOS - CAN - Dec 11) - The Fall. 96
* The Weeknd (EOS - CAN - Dec 11) - Next. 94
* The Weeknd (EOS - CAN - Dec 11) - XO/The Host. 91
* The Weeknd (EOS - CAN - Dec 11) - Echoes Of Silence. 91
* The Weeknd (EOS - CAN - Dec 11) - Outside. 83
* The Weeknd (EOS - CAN - Dec 11) - Same Old Song (Feat. Juicy J). 81
* The Weeknd (EOS - CAN - Dec 11) - Initiation. 74
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Rating:  
85/100
From 03/01/2023 19:24 | #294615
Don't get why this is so low. The production is perfect.
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From 06/23/2017 03:16 | #193066
A prequel to Kiss Land, Abel ends his mixtapes on a good note.
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From 03/17/2014 14:18 | #106575
The second half is fantastic
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Rating:  
80/100
From 04/07/2012 18:20 | #39713
This is the best of the Weeknd's debut trilogy of mixtapes. You've got a heavy-hitting cover of "Dirty Diana," followed by the excellent "Montreal." "Initiation" is as dark and predatory as music comes, but as long as you're OK with the subject matter, it's a great song. "Next" and "Echoes of Silence" (the song) are nice, because it's the rawest and most plaintive we've yet heard his voice.

The reason I like this album the best of the three mixtapes is that the production seems stepped up a bit on this one, and it's more up-tempo. I liked parts of those first two mixtapes, but they also had the tempo of a funeral dirge.

And while I agree that the Chris Rock bit on Kanye's "Blame Game" was crass and embarrassing, I think the short spoken bit at the end of "Same Old Song" is actually pretty funny!
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Rating:  
60/100
From 01/04/2012 20:16 | #34453
It's still pretty unbearable overall. It starts off well with D.D. which is a nice enough Michael Jackson tribute piece, but there are still just some awful tracks where he's still hitting these brutal notes like on XO and Same Old Song. The production is better overall, but still has major WTF moments like the end of Same Old Song (again) where he has this interlude (I guess?) that is just as bad as Chris Rock on Blame Game. As a whole, it's way better than House of Ballons, but still quite excruciating. I'm going to stick with Blackstreet's album Another Level when I need music like this because I think the vocals are much better than this.
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