Transatlanticism
by Death Cab For Cutie
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Transatlanticism is ranked as the best album by Death Cab For Cutie.
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Transatlanticism track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 85 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Transatlanticism rankings summary
Overall rank: 451st | 2000s rank: 74th | 2003 rank: 8th 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 |
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| 2026 |  Purplepash | Ya joking? Should've been higher! 2000s edition | 84/100 | - |
| 2026 |  eclab | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 29/100 | 14 |
| 2026 |  Romanelli | My Overall Chart: 1901-2000 | 98/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Keatownrodriguez | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 9/100 | 91 |
| 2026 | Siromynian | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 26/100 | 15 |
| 2026 | bonnequestion | My top 100 from BEA's top 2000 | 98/100 | - |
| 2026 | Jakor | Top 60 Music Albums of 2003 | 38/60 | 2 |
| 2026 |  jhuik | Top 17 Music Albums of 2003 | 6/17 | 4 |
| 2026 | martintho | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 34/100 | 13 |
| 2026 | araidernomore | Top 10 Music Albums of 2003 | 4/10 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 556 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 3,714 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/08/2026 06:11 | pharoahstune | 255 | 79/100 |
| ! | 10/05/2026 18:24 | Siromynian | 1,789 | 74/100 |
| ! | 09/10/2026 15:08 | thenamesbaka | 78 | 85/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.9/100, a mean average of 77.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.8.
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Transatlanticism forum mentions
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BestEverAlbums 09/05/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5426): By Keatownrodriguez
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Been binging on this album for a few days, and it's becoming quite the love fest. I used to dislike his vocal delivery, but it's really grown on me, plus his lyrics are some of the best. And the music is splendid.
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HoldenM TOP 100 COMMENTER 09/13/2023 21:05 | #299111 | TOP COMMENT
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As a hardcore Death Cab fan, I have to admit that I am a tiny bit exhausted by Transatlanticism. Nine times out of ten, if someone likes one of the group's albums, it's this one. But as someone who loves their whole catalog, it can be annoying for one album to overshadow an entire career of great work. And yet, every time I re-listen to Transatlanticism, I must give begrudging respect to such a knockout album. Track for track, this thing is unbeatable. There's simply no fat on this thing. No two tracks recall one another. Structurally and melodically, I can't argue with a single thing on here. Maybe there are certain things I'm not as fond of. Maybe I prefer the aesthetics of other Death Cab albums. But at the end of the day, Transatlanticism is, for better or worse, the definitive Death Cab record. (Edited)
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michael44bishop 08/23/2017 16:36 | #196615 | TOP COMMENT
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It is easily Death Cab's best album (ok maybe not easily because Plans does give it a run for its money) but I find some songs that get much praised overrated. I do not, BY ANY MEANS, dislike The New Year, Transatlanticism or We Looked Like Giants but I feel there are other moments on the album worthy of the praise that these songs get. I think I only mention Transatlanticism because it's often considered Death Cab For Cutie's greatest song and I just would rather see something else receive that consensus. Highlights for me: The Sound of Settling, Title and Registration, A Lack Of Color and Passenger Seat... ok everything is a highlight to be honest. You can't skip anything. You just can't...
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Br0wn 01/09/2021 03:57 | #264085 | TOP COMMENT
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I like how I can pick what flavor of cry I would like to have.
Phenomenal. (Edited)
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Edwarda85 TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/04/2016 15:42 | #165183 | TOP COMMENT
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You have to be a bit of a sense-ee to love this as it is touching soft emo rock at its core.
Its excellent musicianship and writing with vulnerability all over it.
Transatlanticism has a great way of tying a seemingly small object or event in someones life to a great emotional attachment to another person. Which is something we do in real life all the time.
Sound of Settling and Death of Interior Decorator are only skippable songs here and Sound of Settling is fine enough but basic.
This is Death Cab's best of an excellent 3 album run starting here. Plans (excellent) and Narrow Stairs (good) follow
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