The Mix-Up (studio album)
by Beastie Boys
Beastie Boys bestography
The Mix-Up is ranked 8th best out of 16 albums by Beastie Boys on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Beastie Boys is Paul's Boutique which is ranked number 245 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,603.
(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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The Mix-Up track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Mix-Up rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | blueandthemoon | Top 100 Music Albums of 2007 | 47/100 | 3 |
| 2025 | MaxStorm98 | Top 56 Music Albums of 2007 | 55/56 | 0 |
| 2025 |  SomethingSpecial | Beastie Boys Ranked | 8/8 | - |
| 2024 |  Graeme2 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2007 | 84/100 | 1 |
| 2023 | conallmalone | Top 54 Music Albums of 2007 | 37/54 | 2 |
| 2023 | cmoshier | Top 100 Music Albums of 2007 | 78/100 | 1 |
| 2020 | AlienCinema | Top 77 Music Albums of 2007 | 43/77 | 2 |
| 2019 | glynspsa | Top 99 Music Albums of 2007 | 51/99 | 2 |
| 2018 | CoreyBairre | Top 50 Music Albums of the 2000s | 36/50 | 6 |
| 2016 | lanis | Top 66 Music Albums of 2007 | 39/66 | 2 |
| 2015 |  swhaze | Top 31 Music Albums of 2007 | 16/31 | 3 |
| 2015 | swhaze | Top 14 Music Albums of the 2000s | 5/14 | 14 |
| 2015 | swhaze | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 71/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 13 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 36 | |||
The Mix-Up collection
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The Mix-Up ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 11/01/2025 00:11 | PapaShiz86 | 10,823 | 79/100 |
| ! | 10/11/2025 18:18 | MaxStorm98 | 3,785 | 89/100 |
| ! | 11/15/2022 13:23 | Guile678 | 187 | 83/100 |
| ! | 07/15/2022 08:29 | sja0925 | 1,310 | 80/100 |
| ! | 07/03/2022 22:15 | BoxFL | 2,581 | 51/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.2/100, a mean average of 68.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 69.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.0.
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teague 04/04/2019 16:09 | #234500
My dad puts this on whenever he makes pizza. This album jams hard.
The Boys already proved their instrumental ability, so this is less of a proof of skill sort of deal and more of a cross between an experiment and a self-indulgence. Sadly, most self-indulgences, especially for selfless artists like the Boys (Kanye, for example, does self-indulgence very well as he is a selfish artist), aren't often very effective. Such is the case on the instrumentals on this album, which are sonically strong, but have no swagger or wit that is so present on every other album by the Boys.
Genius album! Best of them (with the exception of LTI), or maybe Paul's Boutique is just a little better, but this & Paul's Boutique are super cohesive!
It's sloppy played but that makes it punk! they were punk rockers back in the days...
swhaze 06/03/2014 14:41 | #113603
This is my least favorite B-Boys album. I'm a die hard B-Boys fan, but this all instrumental album lacks their swagger and attitude.
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