The Woods
by Sleater-Kinney
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Sleater-Kinney bestography
The Woods is ranked as the best album by Sleater-Kinney.
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The Woods 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 Woods rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 1 hour ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Rm12398 | Top 40 Music Albums of 2005 | 40/40 | 0 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 2005 | 1/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 86 Music Albums of 2005 | 49/86 | 2 |
| 2026 |  imimesis | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 77/100 | 24 |
| 2026 | xhitmanx | Top 32 Music Albums of 2005 | 15/32 | 3 |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Overall 101-200 | 22/100 | - |
| 2026 |  eclab | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 39/100 | 12 |
| 2026 | JamesMowbray | Top 16 Music Albums of 2005 | 1/16 | 5 |
| 2026 | cmoshier | Top 99 Music Albums of 2005 | 5/99 | 5 |
| 2026 |  LebowskiRams | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 9/100 | 18 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 272 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,627 | |||
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The Woods ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/18/2026 23:19 | matterhornrider | 5,185 | 81/100 |
| ! | 08/08/2026 19:36 | xhitmanx | 1,604 | 75/100 |
| ! | 06/29/2026 00:09 |  Charade | 956 | 80/100 |
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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 78.6/100, a mean average of 77.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.2.
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The Woods forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 07/27/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5386): By Antonio-Pedro BestEverAlbums 07/10/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5369): By blueandthemoonThe Woods comments
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Is it just me or are SK super underrated on BEA? Really surprised to see The Woods is not even top 20 (or even top 30) for 2005. Eaaasily top 5 for me. (Edited)
Hayden TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/22/2011 23:42 | #28874 | TOP COMMENT
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It's like Evanescence if they were fucking amazing.
In my opinion, Sleater-Kinney are the greatest American hard rock band and they’re in the conversation of all-time greatest American bands in any genre. My personal top 1,000 albums include five of theirs, with this one in the top 100. I can see how some may be turned off by the ferocity of their music, but it’s hard for me to understand how none of their albums, every one of which is brilliant, cracks the top 1,000 on this site. (Edited)
Freddie55 TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/23/2010 09:09 | #12007 | TOP COMMENT
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Loud powerhouse kickass album.
eclab 09/20/2014 07:59 | #122274 | TOP COMMENT
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This is great! I was surprised to find our that Carrie from Portlandia was in this band.
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