Labor Days
by Aesop Rock

Labor Days by Aesop Rock
Year: 2001
Release date: 2001-09-18
Overall rank: 2,844th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
80/100 (from 135 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2001 (50th)
Award Top albums of of the 2000s (470th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,844th)

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Aesop Rock bestography

Labor Days is ranked 2nd best out of 18 albums by Aesop Rock on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Aesop Rock is The Impossible Kid which is ranked number 2555 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 621.

Aesop Rock album bestography « Higher ranked (2,555th)
The Impossible Kid
This album (2,844th)
Labor Days
Lower ranked (5,706th) »
Skelethon

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Labor Days track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Labor Days rankings summary
Overall rank: 2,844th | 2000s rank: 470th | 2001 rank: 50th  Overall chart history
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Average Rating: 
80/100 (from 135 votes)
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03/07/2026 13:24 BoxFL  Ratings distribution  2,76651/100
 
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01/10/2026 12:11 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  15,65570/100

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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 79.6/100, a mean average of 79.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.2.


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75/100
Fantastic and catchy music! Daylight and No Regrets are my favorite!
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85/100
Daylight is my favourite track from Aesop Rock and the song "No Regrets" is an underground storytelling classic. This album is a must listen for every underground hip hop fan.
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100/100
Arguably the best album from one of the best rappers of our generation. This man's complex metaphors will either expand your mind or make you throw up your hands. He does not suffer lazy listeners.
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I'm in the middle of thinking that this is a work of genius and that it's self-indulgent.

Aesop Rock is definitely one of the greatest artists in hip-hop, but this is way too long

"Daylight" is a classic though, fantastic song.
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