Clarity
by Jimmy Eat World

Clarity by Jimmy Eat World
Year: 1999
Release date: 1999-02-23
Overall rank: 1,766th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 211 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1999 (35th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (318th)
Award Best albums of all time (1,766th)

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Jimmy Eat World bestography

Clarity is ranked 2nd best out of 14 albums by Jimmy Eat World on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Jimmy Eat World is Bleed American which is ranked number 1132 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,536.

Jimmy Eat World album bestography « Higher ranked (1,132nd)
Bleed American
This album (1,766th)
Clarity
Lower ranked (3,261st) »
Futures

(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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Clarity rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 1,766th | 1990s rank: 318th | 1999 rank: 35th
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2026 paladisiactop 65r albums (65), #0001-0100*64/80 -
2026Rm12398Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s42/10012
2026 zags7000Top 100 Music Albums of 199996/1000
2026VanillaBeanTop 66 Music Albums of the 1990s12/6617
2026 MilhaudTop 55 Music Albums of 199918/553
2026 paladisiac1990s 65rating (65), #001-100*17/62 -
2026Rm12398Top 28 Music Albums of 19997/284
2026Juneof44Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s70/1006
2026sunnydhammTop 28 Music Albums of 19993/285
2026 Repo1999: Punk + Post-Rock2/3 -
2026sunnydhammTop 100 Music Albums of the 1990s26/10015
2026juanr1096Top 66 Music Albums of 199924/663
2026lanadeleswiftTop 52 Music Albums of 19997/524
2026jackharrison21Top 100 Greatest Music Albums78/10022
2026Exist-en-cielTop 99 Music Albums of 199970/992
2026lanadeleswiftTop 100 Music Albums of the 1990s80/1004
2026 foxytreekoTop 87 Music Albums of the 1990s75/873
2026matterhornriderTop 46 Music Albums of 199931/462
2026henrygreen0203Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s3/10020
2026blueandthemoonTop 100 Greatest Music Albums31/10070
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 138
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 968
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Clarity ratings

Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 211 votes)
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05/31/2026 03:37 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  11,56170/100
 
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05/11/2026 19:57 Jakor  Ratings distribution  5,43470/100
 
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12/29/2025 18:18 mutant  Ratings distribution  1,67156/100
 
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12/17/2025 21:07 Milhaud  Ratings distribution  2,05971/100
 
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09/09/2025 13:48 Dingerbell  Ratings distribution  4,06462/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.3/100, a mean average of 72.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.2.

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From 02/24/2019 09:54 | #232491
Underrated af
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From 03/12/2018 21:40 | #210769
It is brought down a little by 12.23.95 but other than that this album is solid throughout.
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90/100
From 04/16/2017 20:00 | #189396
Much, much, much better than Bleed American. More ambitious, diverse, melodic, angsty, better sung, and in general considerably less constrained with superficial stuff like "trying to make an album that will sell". On Clarity there's the confrontational blissful opener "Table for Glasses", the catchy as hell "Lucky Denver Mint" (catchier than anything Weezer was doing at the time this record was released, for sure), the adorable hook and bell arrangements on "A Sunday", Jim Adkins powerful vocal performance on the title track, and the imaginative sprawling beauty of "Goodbye Sky Harbor". The fact that a band like this spent so much time working on that final track in order to make a statement that deserved to be remembered never ceases to make me admire the 90's as a fantastic time for popular music.
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From 10/15/2015 20:33 | #151493
Their magnum opus, and it was also very influential.
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From 09/16/2014 19:19 | #122059
This is a truly special album, there are at least a few breathtaking songs here

Also no filler at all to be found here
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