The Listening
by Little Brother
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Little Brother bestography
The Listening is ranked 3rd best out of 5 albums by Little Brother on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Little Brother is The Minstrel Show which is ranked number 12802 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 92.
(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 Listening track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Listening rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 1 hour ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 100 Music Albums of 2003 | 63/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2003 | 44/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Urb Best Albums 2003 | 7/10 | - |
| 2026 | Hyggevinyl | Top 64 Music Albums of 2003 | 26/64 | 3 |
| 2026 |  LebowskiRams | Top 25 Music Albums of 2003 | 2/25 | 5 |
| 2025 |  Larcx13 | Top 50 Music Albums of 2003 | 16/50 | 4 |
| 2025 |  cestuneblague | Top 100 Music Albums of 2003 | 74/100 | 1 |
| 2023 |  srogers900 | Top 12 Music Albums of 2003 | 12/12 | 0 |
| 2023 | thugginsluggin | Top 40 Greatest Music Albums | 21/40 | - |
| 2023 | LosWochos | Die 50 besten HipHop-Alben (2015) by Rolling Stone Deutschland | 49/50 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 21 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 45 | |||
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The Listening ratings
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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).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 10/12/2026 07:04 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,268 | 70/100 |
| ! | 11/05/2025 04:22 | Larcx13 | 2,861 | 74/100 |
| ! | 12/31/2023 13:55 | Hyggevinyl | 4,480 | 72/100 |
Rating metrics:
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 is rated in the top 10% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.7/100, a mean average of 72.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.6.
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The Listening forum mentions
pedro1976 05/25/2026 06:39 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
baystateoftheart 06/04/2021 02:16 in What album are you listening to right now?
Lowkey 12/17/2015 15:44 in The Lowkey LogThe Listening comments
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Why is this album so unknown?
I would recommend it to anyone who likes hip hop
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