Twin Cinema
by The New Pornographers
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Twin Cinema is ranked as the best album by The New Pornographers.
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Twin Cinema track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Twin Cinema rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 86 Music Albums of 2005 | 42/86 | 3 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Glide’s Best Albums of 2005 | 13/40 | - |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top Greatest Music Albums 201-300 | 73/100 | - |
| 2026 | OFarrio | Top 40 Music Albums of 2005 | 9/40 | 4 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 2005 | 75/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | javicho07 | Top 16 Music Albums of 2005 | 15/16 | 1 |
| 2026 | Weepingguitarman | Top 25 Music Albums of 2005 | 12/25 | 3 |
| 2026 | bonnequestion | Best Canadian Albums | 95/100 | - |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | 21st century top albums 001-100 | 56/100 | - |
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 99 Music Albums of 2005 | 51/99 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 228 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,029 | |||
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Twin Cinema ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/07/2026 06:33 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,671 | 70/100 |
| ! | 05/22/2026 03:25 | bonnequestion | 1,697 | 70/100 |
| ! | 02/27/2026 17:47 | Map | 524 | 81/100 |
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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 78.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.0.
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Twin Cinema forum mentions
neilgee 10/14/2025 14:07 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
NoisyBeast 05/08/2024 20:22 in What album are you listening to right now?
BestEverAlbums 12/01/2020 17:02 in Monthly overall chart movementsTwin Cinema comments
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Brad1770 TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/14/2019 11:33 | #234951 | TOP COMMENT
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In a stellar catalogue 'Twin Cinema' is the jewel in the New Pornographers crown
The early to middle run of "The Bleeding Heart Show" / "Jackie,Dressed in Cobras" / "The Jessica Numbers" / "These Are the Fables" / "Sing Me Spanish Techno" is simply sublime
A power pop masterclass from beginning to end
This is a great album. I think that, along with 'Mass Romantic', it's The New Pornographer's best album. It has lots of good songs, but 'Sing Me Spanish Techno' and 'Jackie Dressed in Cobras' are my favourite.
A truly underrated gem. Sing Me Spanish Techno is one of my favorite songs ever and it alone makes the album a must have, but Twin Cinema, Star Bodies, Bleeding Heart Show, Use It, Falling Through Your Clothes, Jackie Dressed in Cobras, all are excellent songs too.
I'm surprised this album doesn't have more recognition, I fell in love with it on the first listen, it's very accessible too
My favorite of their albums (Edited)
pearljammer13 TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/18/2014 00:37 | #124692 | TOP COMMENT
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Yeah this band is fantastic. Somewhat angry it's taken me until now to discover them.
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