The Open Door
by Death Cab For Cutie
Death Cab For Cutie bestography
The Open Door is ranked 12th best out of 17 albums by Death Cab For Cutie on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Death Cab For Cutie is Transatlanticism which is ranked number 449 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,770.
(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 Open Door track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Open Door rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 72 Music Albums of 2009 | 46/72 | 2 |
| 2025 | cicadelic | Robert Christgau: Dean's List 2009 | 35/83 | - |
| 2025 |  TheDarkOrb | Top 23 Music Albums of 2009 | 14/23 | 2 |
| 2025 | juanr1096 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2009 | 93/100 | 0 |
| 2023 | ThuramThugood | Ranked - Death Cab For Cutie - Ranked | 13/16 | - |
| 2022 |  Mercury | Top 44 Music Albums of 2009 | 35/44 | 1 |
| 2017 | lanis | Top 77 Music Albums of 2009 | 24/77 | 4 |
| 2016 |  bojolpif71 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2009 | 53/100 | 2 |
| 2015 |  sulmagnificent | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 15/100 | - |
| 2013 | sulmagnificent | Top 25 Music Albums of the 2000s | 22/25 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 10 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 15 | |||
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The Open Door ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19/2026 07:05 | brent13 | 2,001 | 68/100 | |
| 09/22/2025 05:45 | juanr1096 | 6,133 | 78/100 | |
| 08/05/2025 22:57 | PapaShiz86 | 11,369 | 79/100 | |
| 01/31/2025 20:08 | jnmayles | 2,212 | 73/100 | |
| 09/14/2023 00:30 |  HoldenM | 1,801 | 84/100 |
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.3/100, a mean average of 69.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 69.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.5.
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HoldenM 09/14/2023 00:31 | #299114
Slap a few more tracks on here and you've got one of their best records.
louisjwyatt 05/05/2015 17:31 | #140909
The Talking Bird Demo is absolutely sublime.
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