In Defense Of The Genre
by Say Anything
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In Defense Of The Genre is ranked 3rd best out of 10 albums by Say Anything on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Say Anything is ...Is A Real Boy which is ranked number 3356 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 452.
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In Defense Of The Genre track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
In Defense Of The Genre 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 | sunnydhamm | Top 47 Music Albums of 2007 | 18/47 | 3 |
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 63 Music Albums of 2007 | 14/63 | 4 |
| 2024 |  PAPPITUFO | Top 50 Music Albums of 2007 | 24/50 | 3 |
| 2024 | DJStuart79 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2007 | 70/100 | 2 |
| 2022 | Ajunge88 | Top 40 Greatest Music Albums | 17/40 | 36 |
| 2021 | Johnnyo | AOTY - Best punk albums of all time | 23/100 | - |
| 2019 |  Lowkey | 2007: 101-x | 8/25 | - |
| 2018 |  xMUSICSNOBx | Top 13 Music Albums of 2007 | 10/13 | 2 |
| 2018 | Imaybeparanoid | Top 100 Music Albums of 2007 | 86/100 | 1 |
| 2017 | xMUSICSNOBx | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 55/100 | 9 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 17 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 69 | |||
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In Defense Of The Genre ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/23/2026 05:22 | lanadeleswift | 3,791 | 86/100 |
| ! | 12/06/2025 18:06 | PapaShiz86 | 11,767 | 79/100 |
| ! | 06/09/2023 02:47 |  zags7000 | 20,568 | 64/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 15% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.1/100, a mean average of 75.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.2.
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benpaco 12/21/2015 22:49 in Which is the worst-genre of music for you? and...In Defense Of The Genre comments
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Some good tracks, but just runs entirely too long altogether.
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