The Meadowlands
by The Wrens
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The Meadowlands is ranked as the best album by The Wrens.
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The Meadowlands track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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The Meadowlands rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | cicadelic | LesChoses.com Top 2003 | 1/30 | - |
| 2026 |  cestuneblague | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 1/100 | 20 |
| 2026 | Hyggevinyl | Top 64 Music Albums of 2003 | 45/64 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Hayden | Top 60 Music Albums of 2003 | 14/60 | 4 |
| 2026 | Foxforce5 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 95/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | JeffN999 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 55/100 | 9 |
| 2026 |  RasmV | Top 65 Music Albums of 2003 | 29/65 | 3 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 2003 | 14/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 71 Music Albums of 2003 | 16/71 | 4 |
| 2026 | Rm12398 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 86/100 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 210 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,121 | |||
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The Meadowlands ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/05/2026 17:30 | PapaShiz86 | 11,721 | 79/100 |
| ! | 06/02/2026 20:55 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,670 | 70/100 |
| ! | 04/19/2026 17:21 | VanillaBean | 1,189 | 79/100 |
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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 78.7/100, a mean average of 77.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.6.
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Forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 09/01/2026 16:00 in Monthly overall chart movements BestEverAlbums 08/01/2026 16:00 in Monthly overall chart movements BestEverAlbums 07/01/2026 16:00 in Monthly overall chart movementsThe Meadowlands comments
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Brad1770 08/02/2018 00:20 | #219063 | TOP COMMENT
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Wow it beggars belief that an album as good as this one currently sits at # 972 on the BEA Over Chart as per August 2018 whilst garbage like The Rolling Stones 'Aftermath' sits inside the top 500
Where to begin with this album ? Wire to wire its superb from the unconventional opening salvo of "The House That Guilt Built" into the wonderful "Happy" and "She Sends Kisses" there isn't a weak or filler moment here
Favourite lyrics are from track 11 "Everyone Choose Sides" which sums up this album perfectly"
'Thirteen grand
A year in the Meadowlands
Bored and rural-poor , Lord, at 35 , right?
I am the best seventeen-year old ever'
Oh and the wait for The Wrens next album continues into 2018 , now at 15 years and counting giving Tool a run for their album wait money
'The Meadow-lands' is essential Indi Rock
80/100 (Edited)
ImmortalAl 09/15/2015 03:19 | #149811
I give this album 100 stars. It was seamless and beautiful. Words can't express how good this album sounded. The best I ever heard in my life.
meruizh 02/13/2014 08:38 | #103018
Each song stands out on its own, yet, as a whole the record simply becomes enormous. I don't know which song is my favorite, because there are so many, but I have a favorite lyric, which is a perfect closer for this comment.
"I’m a footnote at best… I envy who comes next"
Dingerbell 01/08/2014 18:04 | #100229 | TOP COMMENT
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I completely and utterly love this album. If I could marry an album, I would totally marry this. It's like every song is the best pop song you've ever heard, and they're all together in one album. Choosing a favourite track on this is impossible, so my favourite is Happy, She Sends Kisses, This Boy Is Exhausted, Hopeless, Boys, You Won't and Everyone Choose Sides. That's not to say the other songs aren't fantastic, because they are. And underrated gem that even I think I underrate.
Incredible
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