The Argument
by Fugazi
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Fugazi bestography
The Argument is ranked 3rd best out of 13 albums by Fugazi on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Fugazi is Repeater which is ranked number 664 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,579.
(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 Argument track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Top-rated track as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members.
The Argument rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | OFarrio | Top 21 Music Albums of 2001 | 5/21 | 4 |
| 2026 |  MadhattanJack | Top 70 Music Albums of 2001 | 37/70 | 2 |
| 2026 | daCritic | Top 28 Music Albums of 2001 | 8/28 | 4 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 89 Music Albums of 2001 | 39/89 | 3 |
| 2026 | Hyggevinyl | Top 52 Music Albums of 2001 | 50/52 | 0 |
| 2026 | bonnequestion | My top 100 from BEA's top 2000 | 93/100 | - |
| 2026 |  ssteve | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 79/100 | 21 |
| 2026 | bonnequestion | Best albums from '95 to '04 | 30/100 | - |
| 2026 | pinkfreud1981 | Top 12 Music Albums of 2001 | 3/12 | 4 |
| 2026 | pjerske | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 39/100 | 12 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 246 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,236 | |||
The Argument collection
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The Argument ratings
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n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/29/2026 08:22 | robertoveltri | 908 | 79/100 |
| ! | 07/26/2026 20:02 |  DommeDamian | 7,794 | 48/100 |
| ! | 06/04/2026 07:08 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,777 | 70/100 |
Rating metrics:
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 80.0/100, a mean average of 79.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.2.
The Argument favourites
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The Argument forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 07/25/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5384): By ssteve BestEverAlbums 07/31/2024 20:00 in Album of the day (#4973): The Argument by Fugazi
NoisyBeast 04/13/2023 19:24 in What album are you listening to right now?The Argument comments
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If this is indeed the last album Fugazi will ever record, they can be proud with the knowledge that they saved the best for last. (Edited)
Opened my ears to a whole new world of music, that I was yet to really explore. Epic.
I hated so much this album in the first time, i was super fan of 13 songs, and listen to this was very faggot for me, so quiet and boring.
But once time I appreciate the beauty of "Strangelight", i started to love all the whole album. Amazing Album, probably the best album by Fugazi, how a punk band can be so proggresive and searching sounds that never exist before in the genre?. If RHCP could be progressive, this is the result, to exception for some songs (Edited)
meccalecca TOP 100 COMMENTER 03/15/2013 15:44 | #68422 | TOP COMMENT
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Fugazi's most flawless statement.
meccalecca TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/08/2014 19:59 | #111213 | TOP COMMENT
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The interrogation lasted 24 hours, and yet no matter what they tried, he would not crack.
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