The Young And The Hopeless
by Good Charlotte
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The Young And The Hopeless is ranked as the best album by Good Charlotte.
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The Young And The Hopeless track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 69 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Young And The Hopeless 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 | TroutMaskGreg | Top 19 Music Albums of 2002 | 12/19 | 2 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum decade 2000s Pt 3 | 36/49 | - |
| 2026 | mikepen | Top 57 Music Albums of the 2000s | 40/57 | 6 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum year 2002 | 31/100 | - |
| 2026 | MasterOfPuppets | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 47/100 | 11 |
| 2026 | Jakor | Top 60 Music Albums of 2002 | 29/60 | 3 |
| 2026 | MasterOfPuppets | Top 17 Music Albums of 2002 | 6/17 | 4 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 2002 | 35/100 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Decade 2000s Pt 3 | 57/71 | - |
| 2026 | MasterOfPuppets | Top 500 Albums: 201-300 | 29/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 69 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 276 | |||
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The Young And The Hopeless ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/01/2026 12:20 | cicadelic | 14,119 | 73/100 |
| ! | 07/28/2026 10:27 | TroutMaskGreg | 1,832 | 69/100 |
| ! | 07/20/2026 07:32 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,127 | 70/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 58.3/100, a mean average of 56.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 56.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 22.7.
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pearljammer13 TOP 100 COMMENTER 11/23/2011 00:02 | #31046 | TOP COMMENT
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"Girls don't like boys girls like cars and money. Boys will laugh at girls when they're not funny." Truly poetic...lyrics can't get much deeper than this.
Applerill TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/25/2011 18:49 | #17808 | TOP COMMENT
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I find it funny that a fairly lo-fi garage band named a song after one of the biggest hi-fi bands in history. Anyone else get my sense of irony?
On a related note, "The Anthem" is awesome. Don't diss it. I can listen to the Kidz Bop version and still get pumped up.
Eastwood 02/11/2015 11:46 | #134710 | TOP COMMENT
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Very good punk rock/pop punk album. Best 10 songs average is 91,8/100 and the album can get very good 90/100. Best songs are "Lifestyles of the rich & famous", "The day that I die" and "Emotionless" all 95/100, followed by "Girls & boys", "Say anything" and "The young & the hopeless" all 90/100. All other songs good 80-85/100.
HoldenM TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/21/2015 10:03 | #142133 | TOP COMMENT
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I haven't listened to this album since I was eleven. And when I listened to this then, I listened to the shit out of it. Then, I just moved on. I will revisit it eventually.
Their best album., I don't even know how many times I've heard this during highschool. Overall, 75/100.
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