Up
by Peter Gabriel
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Up is ranked 8th best out of 31 albums by Peter Gabriel on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Peter Gabriel is So which is ranked number 207 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 7,283.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Up 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 | joathome | Top 54 Music Albums of 2002 | 1/54 | 5 |
| 2026 | TroutMaskGreg | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 53/100 | 10 |
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 100 Music Albums of 2002 | 17/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Peter Gabriel: So Far.. | 7/7 | - |
| 2026 | emptysquares | Gabriel Albums Ranked | 6/15 | - |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 95 Music Albums of 2002 | 21/95 | 4 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 2002 Pt 2 | 47/53 | - |
| 2026 |  sssvnnn | Top 80 Music Albums of 2002 | 26/80 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 95 Music Albums of 2002 | 50/95 | 2 |
| 2026 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 2002 | 62/100 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 116 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 492 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/06/2026 00:27 | mostlymor | 7,046 | 79/100 |
| ! | 04/29/2026 14:37 | AAL2014 | 4,343 | 75/100 |
| ! | 04/19/2026 00:16 | Skerns | 5,215 | 80/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 15% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.1/100, a mean average of 73.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.1.
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Up forum mentions
imacgill 07/07/2025 01:59 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
NoisyBeast 08/09/2023 19:03 in What album are you listening to right now?Up comments
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The long awaited follow-up to, us, up, is quite possibly Peter Gabriel's most underrated album. It's a dark record full of loss and anguish with a few exceptions. There are some excellent tracks; growing up, is brilliant, sky blue, and, signal to noise, are other strong cuts. I grieve, is achingly beautiful, and, the Barry Williams show, is obviously inspired by Jerry Springer. A good album.
1234567890 10/21/2009 14:36 | #6797 | TOP COMMENT
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I saw growing up live and loved this album since.
Squonk007 09/23/2025 11:54 | #311022 | TOP COMMENT
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Not as interesting as previous albums. But there are still some stunning pieces, Sky Blue and I Grieve are two of the best tracks Pete's ever recorded. Shout out too for More Than This and Growing Up. (Edited)
ffudnebbuh TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/21/2009 19:49 | #6799 | TOP COMMENT
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I will have to check out this album, right now, my favorite Peter Gabriel is "Security".
jeremy9 01/25/2020 22:32 | #247176
His Best album
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