Rockin' The Suburbs
by Ben Folds
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Rockin' The Suburbs is ranked as the best album by Ben Folds.
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Rockin' The Suburbs track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Rockin' The Suburbs rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
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| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 72/100 | 29 |
| 2026 |  Taka | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 50/100 | 10 |
| 2026 | munson | Top 62 Music Albums of the 2000s | 9/62 | 17 |
| 2026 |  Romanelli | Top 75 Music Albums of 2001 | 66/75 | 1 |
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 37 Music Albums of 2001 | 31/37 | 1 |
| 2026 | asimpkins | Top 23 Music Albums of 2001 | 20/23 | 1 |
| 2026 |  junodog4 | Top 20 Music Albums of 2001 | 12/20 | 2 |
| 2026 | munson | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 39/100 | 58 |
| 2026 | daCritic | Top 30 Music Albums of 2001 | 27/30 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 92 Music Albums of 2001 | 16/92 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 129 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 723 | |||
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Rockin' The Suburbs ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 9 hours ago | daCritic | 4,657 | 73/100 |
| ! | 09/27/2026 10:31 |  Milhaud | 2,171 | 71/100 |
| ! | 09/22/2026 14:40 | Devilwoac | 1,529 | 97/100 |
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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 77.8/100, a mean average of 76.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.2.
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A great blend of fun, playful tunes along with much more sobering, mature work. Ben Folds is much more cohesive here than on his other albums, bringing pop and much more rock to the album overall. Start with this album if you're getting into him. The Luckiest is a freakin legendary song.
Best Tracks: Ascent of Stan, The Luckiest, Annie Waits, Fired, Still Fighting It
Folds plays (almost) every instrument on here and it somehow comes out sounding tighter than any Ben Folds Five record (the talented git). The title track is an absolutely hilarious bit of satire, he could have done well as a standup comedian in the vain of Tim Minchin or Bo Burnham. Other highlights include the touching Still Fighting It, and the pulverizing Gone.
paladisiac TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/11/2011 05:09 | #32657 | TOP COMMENT
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He shows off a lot of the same playfulness as on the first couple BF5 albums, but with less brashness. I also think he's trying to recreate the "underground" magic with the title track making fun of the nu-metal-heads. (i'm sure glad that fad's passed.) A lot of sweetness on this made-for-AC radio album, including "the luckiest".
If you haven't heard anything by this guy get this now! I hadn't an idea what to expect from this, never heard a song from him before. A lot of solid tunes on here. Great pop album! Still Fighting It, Gone, The Ascent of Stan and title track were the best.
Best concert of 2023 - Ben played the new album and then played most of this album. A master showman of controling the audience - between keeping the tears in with the Luckiest and Still Fighting It - to singing along with the Stan. It quickly jumped over my other favorite Folds albums to become the fav. (Edited)
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