Actor
by St. Vincent
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St. Vincent bestography
Actor is ranked 4th best out of 9 albums by St. Vincent on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by St. Vincent is St. Vincent which is ranked number 475 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,567.
(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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Actor 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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Actor rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | bonnequestion | Best albums from '05 to '14 | 59/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Robert Anton Wilson | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 4/100 | 19 |
| 2026 |  covecove | Top 100 Music Albums of 2009 | 8/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  imimesis | Top 25 Music Albums of 2009 | 4/25 | 4 |
| 2026 | xhitmanx | Top 23 Music Albums of 2009 | 15/23 | 2 |
| 2026 | jdizzle123456 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 58/100 | 9 |
| 2026 |  JoaoMoreira | Top 62 Music Albums of the 2000s | 34/62 | 9 |
| 2026 | Cheboygan74 | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 100/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 86 Music Albums of the 2000s | 24/86 | 15 |
| 2026 |  Hayden | Top 60 Music Albums of 2009 | 59/60 | 0 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 265 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,257 | |||
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Actor ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/07/2026 16:19 |  identifer | 1,002 | 82/100 |
| ! | 08/09/2026 20:37 | xhitmanx | 1,604 | 75/100 |
| ! | 06/17/2026 21:49 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,630 | 70/100 |
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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 79.2/100, a mean average of 78.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.6.
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Forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 08/07/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5397): By Cheboygan74
Rhyner 04/18/2025 17:32 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) BestEverAlbums 03/28/2022 20:00 in Album of the day (#4117): Actor by St. VincentActor comments
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Some of the most sonically adventurous art-rock I've ever heard. This album repeatedly throws new sounds and ideas at the listener, and isn't afraid to become harsh and abrasive when the moment is right. Clark's vocal melodies are obtuse and meandering, but incredibly evocative. The album's momentum tapers off a bit after the halfway mark, but the first six songs are absolute perfection (and the rest is still great). (Edited)
JoaoMoreira 03/19/2018 17:27 | #211283
A strong and defying record that misses something that would make it brilliant.
I understand this one as a finding-your-way-album with some good moments.
ImmortalAl 09/06/2017 21:50 | #197394
Sufficient, though I've heard better from her.
My personal favorite from St. Vincent: Actor, solidifies her as a serious artist if you didn't already believe so on Marry Me. She builds upon all the elements that makes Marry Me good and brings in the staple St. Vincent sound we hear on her later albums. Actor Out of Work is a hectic rock tune that is just as catchy as it is experimental and the spectacular Marrow really puts St. Vincent on the forefront of Alt-Rock/Pop. Quieter moments like The Party and Just the Same But Brand New are easy to get lost in and shows how she's able to keep that jazz influence amidst the chaos that is Actor. The only gripe I have is that the closing song: The Sequel is so anti-climactic for such a boundary pushing album. Overall, this is a great listen. It's fun, catchy, loud and hectic and all in all, a good time.
Komorebi-D 02/28/2017 02:53 | #186505
I've had a complex relationship with her work. It started with people persuading me to listen to her albums and hell, I don't mind Strange Mercy & her self-entitled but never enough to consider myself invested in what she is doing. Thanks to Actor, today I can say that can consider myself that way. Wow this is massive! It's like Feist meets Sufjan meets Fiona Apple.
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