The Tipping Point
by The Roots
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The Roots bestography
The Tipping Point is ranked 8th best out of 15 albums by The Roots on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Roots is Things Fall Apart which is ranked number 913 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,909.
(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 Tipping Point track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Tipping Point rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Norman Bates | Top 100 Music Albums of 2004 | 59/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | mostlymor | Top 100 Music Albums of 2004 | 60/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  junodog4 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 88/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | Hyggevinyl | Top 54 Music Albums of 2004 | 18/54 | 3 |
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2004 | 63/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Albums of the year 2004 by Prefixmag | 11/100 | - |
| 2026 |  LebowskiRams | Top 17 Music Albums of 2004 | 13/17 | 1 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 80 Music Albums of 2004 | 17/80 | 4 |
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 58 Music Albums of 2004 | 34/58 | 2 |
| 2026 |  baystateoftheart | Top 52 Music Albums of 2004 | 34/52 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 61 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 170 | |||
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The Tipping Point ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/19/2026 23:00 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,259 | 70/100 |
| ! | 03/09/2026 16:15 |  covecove | 6,726 | 74/100 |
| ! | 08/18/2025 09:28 | TonySayers61 | 25,924 | 64/100 |
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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 76.0/100, a mean average of 75.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.8.
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The Tipping Point forum mentions
pedro1976 07/12/2026 17:42 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
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The Tipping Point comments
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junodog4 TOP 100 COMMENTER 06/08/2014 19:49 | #114052 | TOP COMMENT
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A typical Roots release - conscientious lyrics, strong tone, excellent beats, not over-produced. This one isn't as much a standout as Phrenology, How I Got Over or Things Fall Apart, but it's still top shelf.
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