The Weight Is A Gift
by Nada Surf

The Weight Is A Gift by Nada Surf
Year: 2005
Release date: 2005-09-05
Overall rank: 20,541st   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 18 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2005 (395th)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (3,770th)
Award Best albums of all time (20,541st)

Listen on Spotify SPOTIFY
Product Details
Availability

eBay
eBay
The Weight Is A Gift NADA SURF audioCD Used - Very Good
Condition: Very Good


eBay
eBay
Nada Surf - The Weight Is A Gift [New Vinyl LP]
Condition: New


eBay
eBay
Nada Surf The Weight Is a Gift vinyl Test Pressing record Rare
Condition: Used

$599.99


Go to store

  My favourite store:  

Nada Surf bestography

The Weight Is A Gift is ranked 4th best out of 11 albums by Nada Surf on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Nada Surf is Let Go which is ranked number 6216 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 211.

Nada Surf album bestography « Higher ranked (15,242nd)
Never Not Together
This album (20,541st)
The Weight Is A Gift
Lower ranked (20,857th) »
High/Low

(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).

Upcoming concerts

May
10
Sun
Exodus
Jannus Live, St Petersburg, United States. United States
Tickets from Ticketmaster Get tickets
 
Mar
20
Fri
Turn Up the Good Times Tour featuring Warrant and Firehouse
La Crosse Center, La Crosse, United States. United States
Tickets from Ticketmaster Get tickets
 
Mar
28
Sat
Machine Girl - PsychoWarrior Tour
The Depot, Salt Lake City, United States. United States
Tickets from Ticketmaster Get tickets
 

Listen to The Weight Is A Gift on YouTube

Loading content from YouTube...

The Weight Is A Gift rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 20,541st | 2000s rank: 3,770th | 2005 rank: 395th
Filter Filter
Sort Sort by
YearSourceChartRankRank Score
2026blueandthemoonTop 86 Music Albums of 200529/863
2025AlienCinemaTop 80 Music Albums of 200558/801
2025 dihansseTop 86 Music Albums of 200548/862
2025skrapoelTop 58 Music Albums of 200530/583
2025 paladisiactop 65r albums (63), #0201-030029/100 -
2024 paladisiac2000s 65rating (64.12-63.13), #001-100*56/94 -
2023 paladisiacTop 100 Music Albums of 200562/1002
2023LosWochosDie 101 besten Indierock-Alben (2016) by VISIONS17/100 -
2020panapsalTop 100 Music Albums of 200575/1001
2020cronadigallinaTop 100 Music Albums of 200522/1004
2013marshallsbrotherTop 64 Music Albums of 200529/643
2012crisscrassTop 30 Music Albums of the 2000s29/301
2009Sounds (DE)250 Meisterwerke aus 5 Jahrzehnten - 00er15/5014
2005IntroThe 50 Best Albums of 200533/502
2005Panorama.noOffisielle årsliste for 20059/304
2005Harp MagazineAlbums of the Year 200544/521
2005Musikexpress.deThe 50 Best Albums of 200541/501
2005MojoMojo Albums of the Year 200538/501
2005VISIONSThe 50 Best Albums of 200512/504
2005Plattentests.deAlbum des Jahres 20057/102
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 20
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 50
You can include this album in your own chart from the My Charts page!

The Weight Is A Gift collection

The Weight Is A Gift ratings

Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 18 votes)
  Ratings distribution Help Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AV
where:
av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating.

Showing latest 5 ratings for this album. | Show all 18 ratings for this album.

Sort Sort by
RatingDate updatedMemberAlbum ratingsAvg. album rating
 
75/100
 
05/11/2025 23:12 cestuneblague  Ratings distribution  8,04580/100
 
80/100
 
12/16/2023 12:18 Kali  Ratings distribution  69274/100
 
70/100
 
09/13/2023 02:55 dhbarrett  Ratings distribution  8,37265/100
 
80/100
 
12/08/2022 19:53 dihansse  Ratings distribution  6,26375/100
 
40/100
 
06/14/2020 09:28 ForegroundNoise  Ratings distribution  2,97160/100

Rating metrics: Help Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)

This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.1/100, a mean average of 73.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.6.

Please log in or register if you want to be able to leave a rating

The Weight Is A Gift favourites

Showing all 2 members who have added this album as a favourite

The Weight Is A Gift comments

Be the first to add a comment for this album - add your comment!

Please log in or register if you want to be able to add a comment

Your feedback for The Weight Is A Gift

Anonymous
Let us know what you think of this album by adding a comment or assigning a rating below!
Log in or register to assign a rating or leave a comment for this album.
Best Albums of 2005
1. Illinois by Sufjan Stevens
2. Demon Days by Gorillaz
3. Late Registration by Kanye West
4. Takk... by Sigur Rós
5. Silent Alarm by Bloc Party
6. I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning by Bright Eyes
7. Alligator by The National
8. X&Y by Coldplay
9. Feels by Animal Collective
10. I Am A Bird Now by Antony & The Johnsons
11. Deadwing by Porcupine Tree
12. Plans by Death Cab For Cutie
13. Frances The Mute by The Mars Volta
14. LCD Soundsystem by LCD Soundsystem
15. Z by My Morning Jacket
16. Mezmerize by System Of A Down
17. Aerial by Kate Bush
18. Picaresque by The Decemberists
19. Get Behind Me Satan by The White Stripes
20. The Woods by Sleater-Kinney
Back to Top