Metro Area
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Metro Area by Metro Area
Year: 2002
Overall rank: 12,897th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 21 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2002 (246th)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (2,305th)
Award Best albums of all time (12,897th)

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Metro Area rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 12,897th | 2000s rank: 2,305th | 2002 rank: 246th
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2025cicadelicMixer (US) Best Albums 20027/10 -
2025 Norman BatesTop 100 Music Albums of 200271/1002
2025cicadelicXLR8R’s Best of 2017: Releases26/40 -
2025panapsalTop 97 Music Albums of 200274/971
2025HyggevinylTop 58 Music Albums of 200251/581
2024 Graeme2Top 78 Music Albums of 200249/782
2023 ssteveTop 46 Music Albums of 200218/463
2022WayneMCTop 100 Music Albums of 200275/1001
2019sonicdiscourseTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s52/10010
2017UnliveableWiltsTop 22 Music Albums of 20028/223
2017UnliveableWiltsTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s41/10012
2017sonicdiscourseTop 50 Music Albums of 20024/505
2014 Hattori300Top 100 Greatest Music Albums49/100 -
2010Resident AdvisorTop 100 Albums of the 2000s2/10020
2010FACTThe 100 Best Albums of the 2000s19/10016
2002MuzikBest Albums 200216/160
2002Village VoiceVillage Voice Albums of the Year 200257/1002
2002NöjesguidenÅrets skivor 2002 Bästa utländska6/505
2002Sonic Magazine2002 års bästa album21/251
2002Les InrocksLes Inrocks Albums of the Year 200215/504
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 21
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 89
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Metro Area ratings

Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 21 votes)
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02/25/2026 01:10 cestuneblague  Ratings distribution  8,03380/100
 
75/100
 
12/04/2023 13:32 ssteve  Ratings distribution  2,48276/100
 
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11/01/2023 21:55 Hyggevinyl  Ratings distribution  4,23372/100
 
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04/24/2023 15:43 EyeKanFly  Ratings distribution  8,41965/100
 
85/100
 
07/24/2019 19:09 Graeme2  Ratings distribution  4,89279/100

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This album is rated in the top 7% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.4/100, a mean average of 76.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.0.

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From 02/12/2018 23:25 | #207895
Very tight production and good funky disco beats, would however have liked to have seen them develop the songs a bit more. Nonetheless, enjoyed the album, deserves greater exposure on this site!
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From 09/03/2012 16:26 | #49900
i can´t believe how under the radar this album is for people in this website!One of grooviest albums I have listened in my life time, give it a chance and I am sure you will love it, that is, if you are into disco revival.
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