The Reason
by Hoobastank
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The Reason is ranked as the best album by Hoobastank.
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The Reason track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 70 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Reason rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum year 2003 | 57/100 | - |
| 2026 | Jakor | Top 60 Music Albums of 2003 | 35/60 | 2 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 2003 | 57/100 | - |
| 2026 |  RasmV | Top 65 Music Albums of 2003 | 62/65 | 0 |
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Top 59 Music Albums of 2003 | 55/59 | 0 |
| 2026 | jonny5244 | Top 32 Music Albums of 2003 | 22/32 | 2 |
| 2025 | DJStuart79 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2003 | 39/100 | 3 |
| 2025 | jon5417 | Top 28 Music Albums of 2003 | 18/28 | 2 |
| 2024 |  PAPPITUFO | Top 25 Music Albums of 2003 | 21/25 | 1 |
| 2023 |  phantom1305 | Top 60 Music Albums of 2003 | 58/60 | 0 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 30 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 65 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 04/15/2026 20:33 | Liks_on_music | 656 | 81/100 |
| ! | 03/20/2024 00:12 | jack1992 | 342 | 52/100 |
| ! | 02/26/2024 16:57 | Jakor | 5,525 | 70/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 56.8/100, a mean average of 53.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 53.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 22.1.
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Purplepash 02/01/2020 07:56 in What album are you listening to right now?
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Not really into alternative rock personally. But this album was all right. Nothing really special or stand out. It's worth a listen if you like alt though. I did like some of the tracks. Rating: Meh...Pretty repetitive but not awful. Just way too sappy and teen angsty. Examples: Lucky and From The Heart (so sappy) and then the title track is just bad.
I have to say the songs on this album are quite interesting, I enjoy listening to this genre, I actually managed to message someone to rate this album before I even started to listen to it fully. (I had only heard of the songs ''The reason'', ''out of control'', ''same direction'', ''Let it out'' and ''Disappear'' before listening to the others songs such as ''What happened to us?'')
NOTE: I'll be rating this album (and the other songs I have just listened to) sometime soon.
Update (As of the 20th of June 2017): I actually like most of the songs from this album, I admit I do like the songs that aren't singles such as ''Lucky'', ''Just One'', etc. It's worth a try to listen to.
Hoobastank's second offering and best album is consistently good.
From the Heart is a 2 minute 30 second punch to the gut.
The title track is great but a bit sappy/corny/cheesy
Disappear and Same Direction are highlights
The music is consistently good but the writing is pretty bad. The lyrics aren't insightful and their delivery with the music can sound amateurish.
The singing is good but thewords and when he sings them aren't always smooth.
This album has some decent songs. (I really like 'Out of Control')
poppmusic 01/08/2015 06:44 | #131059
"Disappear" is pretty great, actually.
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