Deadwing
by Porcupine Tree

Deadwing by Porcupine Tree
Year: 2005
Release date: 2005-03-28
Overall rank: 716th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
81/100 (from 459 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 20 albums of 2005 (11th)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (112th)
Award Top 1,000 albums of all time (716th)

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Porcupine Tree bestography

Deadwing is ranked 3rd best out of 46 albums by Porcupine Tree on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Porcupine Tree is Fear Of A Blank Planet which is ranked number 444 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,794.

Porcupine Tree album bestography « Higher ranked (544th)
In Absentia
This album (716th)
Deadwing
Lower ranked (1,856th) »
Stupid Dream

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Deadwing track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 87 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Deadwing rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 716th | 2000s rank: 112th | 2005 rank: 11th
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2026saltysurpriseTop 43 Music Albums of 200514/433
2026 sssvnnnTop 80 Music Albums of 200568/801
2026JohnnyoTop 100 greatest music albums (alternative list)11/100 -
2026shanelovesyou1111Top 95 Music Albums of 200520/954
2026 RhynerTop 35 Music Albums of 200527/351
2026Johnnyo1 album per artist - greatest albums of all time10/100 -
2026wizardalienTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s48/10011
2026UntitledTop 100 Greatest Music Albums64/10037
2026 JMGL95Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s66/1007
2026wizardalienGreatest Albums 101-20025/100 -
2026joathomeTop 81 Music Albums of 200525/814
2026BoxFLTop 46 Music Albums of the 2000s35/465
2026pinkfreud1981Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s96/1001
2026wizardalienTop 25 Music Albums of 20055/254
2026wizardalienTop 100 Greatest Albums of the 21st Century73/100 -
2026Johnnyoin 2021 (2 B deleted)79/99 -
2026MasterOfPuppetsTop 100 Greatest Music Albums15/10085
2026SkernsTop 84 Music Albums of the 2000s55/847
2026 paladisiac2000s, #201-300*67/68 -
2026 TamthebamTop 100 Music Albums of 200524/1004
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 320
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 2,412
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Average Rating: 
81/100 (from 459 votes)
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03/13/2026 17:00 Gartyfarty  Ratings distribution  1100/100
 
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03/13/2026 09:27 Quoman  Ratings distribution  30476/100
 
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02/28/2026 23:47 Map  Ratings distribution  50181/100
 
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02/27/2026 18:26 iann97  Ratings distribution  2,02074/100
 
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01/26/2026 23:56 brent13  Ratings distribution  1,93568/100

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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 80.8/100, a mean average of 79.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.8.

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85/100
From 09/04/2024 19:00 | #305134
Nice album. Tracks are a bit lengthy but they make up for it by being good. Another good find thanks to this website.
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Top track: Lazarus
Least favorite: Halo
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85/100
From 11/13/2023 06:44 | #299953
Top of their game on this album. 'Lazarus' and 'Arriving Somewhere But Not Here' make the album alone, however the rest of the tracks are at a similar level.
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95/100
From 03/31/2022 10:45 | #283638
An outstanding release that is such a rich and detailed experience from beginning to end. This record of full of phenomenal songs, the peak in my opinion is Arriving Somewhere But Not Here, Lazarus and the hugely under rated title track which really opens the record in style. Lazarus is possibly one of their best ever tracks and is a musical marvel that stuns me every time I hear it. The rest of the tracks are only a little bit behind these in terms of quality making this a very consistent and cohesive listen. Steven Wilson's song writing is brilliant and the delivery of his words back this up making for a record that is perfect for exploring. Then there is the instrumental layering which is deep and complex with some outstanding performances on guitar, bass, drums and many more making for a listen that never gets stale even if you constantly keep coming back. It is a long record though so I can see the arguments of people getting tired or fatigued mid way through but in my opinion this shouldn't really effect most listeners as there is enough going on to keep you thoroughly entertained. Overall, a masterpiece that is beautifully composed and it really deserves more praise than it gets along with the band in general who are criminally under rated.
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From 03/14/2022 13:54 | #282819
This album has a track score for me of 91.11 and is placed @ 10 in my overall chart with a rating of 100
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60/100
From 01/16/2022 19:32 | #279489
More excellence by Porcupine Tree. Another great mix of metal, prog rock and piano-based ballads - as is common with their brilliantly diverse albums. My highlights are Arriving Somewhere But Not Here, Start Of Something Beautiful and the beautiful Lazarus.
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From 12/03/2019 21:53 | #245347
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Steven Wilson doing his thing again, genius
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90/100
From 12/23/2018 20:15 | #227765
What a finding, what a treasure! This album is simply fantastic and It is highly underrated in this site. My god If every modern Metal album was like this.
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85/100
From 08/03/2018 03:21 | #219111
Although it is not my favourite PT album (i find it a bit irregular), "Arriving Somewhere but not Here" is a crowning achievement that deserves more exposition
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80/100
From 07/17/2018 02:57 | #218368
So underrated
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85/100
From 02/11/2018 22:51 | #207756
@manurock I’ve listened to Deadwing at least a dozen times, still don’t like Shallow and Halo and still like Lazarus. Of course it’s not the only masterpiece here but it is one of the best songs imo :)
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