The Knot
by Wye Oak
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Wye Oak bestography
The Knot is ranked 4th best out of 8 albums by Wye Oak on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Wye Oak is Civilian which is ranked number 5313 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 261.
(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 Knot track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Knot rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 7 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | cicadelic | Aquarium Drunkard 2009 Year in Review | 46/52 | - |
| 2026 | cmoshier | Top 99 Music Albums of 2009 | 97/99 | 0 |
| 2025 |  buzzdainer | Top 75 Music Albums of 2009 | 5/75 | 5 |
| 2024 | cronadigallina | Top 100 Music Albums of 2009 | 36/100 | 3 |
| 2024 | buzzdainer | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 33/100 | 14 |
| 2022 | replacementlevel | Top 50 Music Albums of 2009 | 47/50 | 0 |
| 2020 | gloriousgoo | Top 31 Music Albums of 2009 | 10/31 | 4 |
| 2020 | gloriousgoo | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 74/100 | 5 |
| 2018 | Imaybeparanoid | Top 100 Music Albums of 2009 | 93/100 | 0 |
| 2018 | GeorgeW49 | Top 13 Music Albums of 2009 | 11/13 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 12 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 34 | |||
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The Knot ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/27/2022 13:46 | Skunkmunk | 26 | 89/100 |
| ! | 09/11/2022 22:02 | replacementlevel | 7,808 | 70/100 |
| ! | 07/22/2021 18:57 | buzzdainer | 3,338 | 79/100 |
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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 76.3/100, a mean average of 79.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 9.8.
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The Knot comments
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buzzdainer TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/22/2021 16:59 | #275269
Sometime in the 2000s, I was introduced to Wye Oak by my friend Caitlin, who generously sent me a CD with a couple of their albums on it. The Knot was my favorite of the two, and remains my favorite of theirs to this day. This is a genuinely gorgeous rock album--it has all the elements of some of the nineties bands with female singers (I'm thinking of Letters to Cleo, Belly, Throwing Muses, and others) that I felt were on the verge of greatness, but seemed held back by either a lack of songcraft or a lack of immediacy. The Knot has plenty of both, and is further strengthened by Andy Stack's imaginative arrangements on the drum kit. I love the unrepentantly rock climax of "For Prayer," as well as what is for me one of Jenn Wasner's signature lines, full of both compassion and world-worn toughness: "Baby, what's all this about?"
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