Sainthood
by Tegan And Sara
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Tegan And Sara bestography
Sainthood is ranked 2nd best out of 13 albums by Tegan And Sara on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Tegan And Sara is The Con which is ranked number 2450 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 657.
(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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Sainthood track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Sainthood rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2009 | 49/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 80 Music Albums of 2009 | 48/80 | 2 |
| 2026 |  junodog4 | Top 20 Music Albums of 2009 | 17/20 | 1 |
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 68 Music Albums of 2009 | 10/68 | 4 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 87 Music Albums of 2009 | 83/87 | 0 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 95 Music Albums of 2009 | 58/95 | 2 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 2009 | 85/100 | 1 |
| 2025 | PapaShiz86 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2009 | 49/100 | 3 |
| 2025 | cicadelic | Robert Christgau: Dean's List 2009 | 52/83 | - |
| 2025 |  Patman360 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2009 | 68/100 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 55 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 273 | |||
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Sainthood ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/09/2025 15:21 | kasetlist | 187 | 68/100 |
| ! | 09/27/2023 13:58 | Yoruichi92 | 19 | 98/100 |
| ! | 09/11/2023 00:49 | Gendjar | 4,749 | 56/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.8/100, a mean average of 76.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.6.
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RoundTheBend 03/22/2017 06:06 in Chart of the day (#1981): By sethmadsen
paladisiac 01/06/2015 16:29 in What album are you listening to right now?Sainthood comments
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Some good songs, but it seemed like a step backward from their previous albums, despite being an ostensibly ambitious album. Still, "Paperback Head" is an absolute gem
paladisiac TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/09/2011 17:58 | #32484 | TOP COMMENT
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I still prefer the bareness of "if it was you" but they've evolved their sound in a more "professional" studio setting (partially helmed by death cab's Chris walla) to deliver some fun, new wavey lite girl punk that still finds a way to display their narcissistic view of love in a sunny, upbeat fashion. Songs like "don't rush", "hell" and "on directing" can be placed alongside any of their other best songs (and "hell" just might be my favorite). There's not much else to say except that their music always seems to sound fresh despite sticking to their basic two-girl wavey formula.
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