The Sufferer & The Witness
by Rise Against
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The Sufferer & The Witness is ranked as the best album by Rise Against.
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The Sufferer & The Witness track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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The Sufferer & The Witness rankings summary
Overall rank: 3,340th | 2000s rank: 562nd | 2006 rank: 59th Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 1 hour ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
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| 2026 | Olli | Top 21 Music Albums of 2006 | 9/21 | 3 |
| 2026 |  junodog4 | Top 20 Music Albums of 2006 | 10/20 | 3 |
| 2026 | Jakor | Top 50 Music Albums of 2006 | 20/50 | 3 |
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2006 | 51/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | 2000s, #201-300* | 57/68 | - |
| 2026 | Andras | Top 53 Music Albums of the 2000s | 39/53 | 6 |
| 2026 | Herdandhokies | Top 41 Greatest Music Albums | 12/41 | 72 |
| 2026 | adbrack1988 | Top 17 Music Albums of 2006 | 13/17 | 1 |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2006 | 73/100 | 1 |
| 2025 |  Larcx13 | Top 56 Music Albums of 2006 | 13/56 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 81 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 455 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/20/2026 04:27 | Proto | 4,429 | 33/100 |
| ! | 06/05/2026 04:21 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,586 | 70/100 |
| ! | 04/21/2026 21:29 |  Milhaud | 2,167 | 71/100 |
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dihansse 03/12/2018 21:46 in My discoveries per year“And my final contributions for 2006 albums: - (nr 45 on the overall BEA top chart of 2006): Keane is not the most exciting band in the world and this is no different on this album. They're ok but nothing more and only Broken Toy is better than your average Keane. - (nr 47): not my style - (nr 48 ):…”
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an_outlaw 12/14/2011 21:40 | #32971 | TOP COMMENT
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"Brush past a myriad of scenes a homeless vet crashed on wall street, A single mom of three, a TV personality" gushes the lead singer on the opener. The bizarre imagery of 'Chamber The Cartridge' is all about the world ready to explode and collapse on itsown weight. So a typical Rise Against album. Album 4 precisely. By this point they know there stuff and this is as heavy and riff laden as the biggest pariah's of the stage. 'Bricks' is an example of the direction they could have gone, releasing one and a half minute songs which sound twice as long. The transitions are perfect as they plead for you to change the world with them. Band has a conscious too. 'Prayer Of The Refugee' is about the plight of refugees and forgotten ones to the sound of metallic anti-product. Who can't head bang to that? That's quite a compliment for them, this is a band who's main strength relies in the lyrics after all. Being able get these words across with great music easily makes this one of the best Rise Against if not the best. For something completely different how about 'The Approaching Curve', a spoken word narrative. A road lashed with wind and rain, conflict and stream of conscious confessions by the narrator. Pulled off with excellence! And that line with the female vocalist... that's magic moment for me! Love it! A band eons ahead of their contemporaries and at a peak. Ahh... and Roadside. You don't get them as good as that from this group no more.
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Bork TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/25/2011 16:59 | #22251 | TOP COMMENT
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Although it tends to get a bit repetitive, this is a great hard rockin' album.
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outstanding album. fast, in your face, melodic, hardcore punk. the lyrics are a major strong point of the album - a rallying cry for whoever will listen. in my opinion, this is rise against's best album to date.
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Larcx13 09/25/2020 10:59 | #258693 | TOP COMMENT
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Too many boomers secretly hating in the ratings lol. Great records by a very good band. You could say it's a safe brand of melodic hardcore but regardless, the message is great and the music is enjoyable. My personal favorite Rise Against album.
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ItSaysDilbert 07/10/2015 21:36 | #145490 | TOP COMMENT
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Very good album! Lots of melodic riffs to keep your interest.
Favorite tracks: Chamber the Cartridge, Injection, Ready to Fall, Prayer of the Refugee, Worth Dying For, The Good Left Undone
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