5 Songs
by The Decemberists
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The Decemberists bestography
5 Songs is ranked 11th best out of 19 albums by The Decemberists on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Decemberists is The Crane Wife which is ranked number 774 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,225.
(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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5 Songs track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
5 Songs 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 |  Rhyner | Top 26 Music Albums of 2001 | 8/26 | 4 |
| 2025 | skrapoel | Top 56 Music Albums of 2001 | 14/56 | 4 |
| 2024 |  NoisyBeast | Top 100 Music Albums of 2001 | 9/100 | 5 |
| 2024 | NoisyBeast | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 34/100 | 13 |
| 2024 | Rhyner | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 79/100 | 4 |
| 2023 | shanelovesyou1111 | Top 73 Music Albums of 2001 | 54/73 | 1 |
| 2022 | arnellarsen | Top 77 Music Albums of 2001 | 67/77 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 7 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 32 | |||
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5 Songs ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/23/2026 17:41 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,685 | 70/100 |
| ! | 12/04/2024 04:12 | dhbarrett | 8,789 | 65/100 |
| ! | 02/11/2024 03:36 | PapaShiz86 | 11,735 | 79/100 |
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.1/100, a mean average of 78.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.9.
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NoisyBeast 05/03/2023 15:25 in What album are you listening to right now?5 Songs comments
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Meowtopia 02/16/2018 05:53 | #208425
A fantastic ep. The lyrics are fantastic, the harmonies, everything is in its right place. Not a bad song in here, and some really emotionally riveting music here too.
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