First Two Pages Of Frankenstein
by The National
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The National bestography
First Two Pages Of Frankenstein is ranked 7th best out of 18 albums by The National on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The National is High Violet which is ranked number 120 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 10,433.
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First Two Pages Of Frankenstein track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
First Two Pages Of Frankenstein rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2020s | 74/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  Milhaud | Top 28 Music Albums of 2023 | 22/28 | 1 |
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 80 Music Albums of the 2020s | 30/80 | 13 |
| 2026 | Jaymantheman | Top 40 Music Albums of the 2020s | 9/40 | 16 |
| 2026 | lanis | Top 52 Music Albums of the 2020s | 28/52 | 10 |
| 2026 | Foxforce5 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2020s | 54/100 | 9 |
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 100 Music Albums of 2023 | 52/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  HelsinkiSnorkel | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2020s | 39/100 | 12 |
| 2026 | Jantje | Top 20 Music Albums of the 2020s | 18/20 | 3 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | 21st century top albums 101-200 | 77/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 168 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 806 | |||
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First Two Pages Of Frankenstein ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/04/2026 22:04 | Dalcio | 292 | 78/100 |
| ! | 07/05/2026 18:40 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,603 | 70/100 |
| ! | 06/16/2026 11:26 | TonySayers61 | 25,488 | 64/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 11% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.6/100, a mean average of 73.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.8.
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Forum mentions
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The second National album in a row that has not connected with me. I've been obsessed with the band since the Boxer. I guess they have moved in a different direction that does nothing for me. It's clean, perfectly recorded but on the way the band seem to have smoothed out their edges.
Strangel 07/19/2023 01:20 | #298201
They don’t know how to write a bad album. This is another well curated piece of work that has created a real atmosphere reflective of Matt’s musings.
Although it loses its focus somewhere between Alien and Ice Machines, this is still a solid album, with a warm sound cared for in every detail. Tropic Morning News is the best track by far. (Edited)
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I, like a lot of others, came into this album with a lot of apprehension. The National have gradually become a candidate for my favourite band over the years, but none of the singles really hit me particularly hard. Each one feeling like something they’d done better in the past.
I’m very happy to say that the album lives up to their reputation, being a much more gentle album representative of what Matt appears to have been going through these last few years. The singles themselves find a home on the album, being integral to the gentle, slow flow that the album finds - one which probably won’t be to everybody’s tastes.
In all, I’m really enjoying the album, and while I think it slumps somewhat in the 3rd quarter, most of it is a really enjoyable, tender ride that I’m sure will sit comfortably in my record collection very soon.
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