The Greatest
by Cat Power
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Cat Power bestography
The Greatest is ranked 3rd best out of 13 albums by Cat Power on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Cat Power is You Are Free which is ranked number 1477 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,161.
(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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The Greatest track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Greatest rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Jaymantheman | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 93/100 | 8 |
| 2026 | javicho07 | Top 11 Music Albums of 2006 | 5/11 | 3 |
| 2026 | PapaShiz86 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2006 | 84/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 50/100 | 10 |
| 2026 | martintho | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 98/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | javicho07 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 53/100 | 10 |
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 56 Music Albums of 2006 | 17/56 | 4 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | BBC Best Albums 2006 | 8/20 | - |
| 2026 | Juneof44 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 57/100 | 9 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Monitor Best Albums 2006 | 39/44 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 188 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 785 | |||
The Greatest collection
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The Greatest ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/24/2026 06:10 | RemainInLight | 3,796 | 36/100 |
| ! | 06/19/2026 04:30 | lanis | 1,220 | 74/100 |
| ! | 06/05/2026 04:43 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,701 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 8% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.0/100, a mean average of 73.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.1.
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The Greatest forum mentions
imacgill 03/27/2026 22:47 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
Romanelli 11/24/2023 14:39 in The Romanelli Music Diary: Ropin' The Wind Romanelli 05/01/2022 23:53 in What album are you listening to right now?The Greatest comments
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been listening to this all these years. maybe 100 times. always liked the sound. but the songs are all empty shells, really. with one obvious exception, of course.
Hayden TOP 100 COMMENTER 08/11/2011 13:34 | #26097 | TOP COMMENT
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Didn't blow me away as I thought it would. She sounds a lot like Florence Welch, but, I guess Cat Power came first.
It's got a terrific opener, but otherwise this is lighter, more studied and ultimately lesser Cat Power, but it's still pretty listenable all the way through.
drstuey 04/06/2021 02:52 | #268251 | TOP COMMENT
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Very MOR country. Very inoffensive. Good enough, but not my cup of tea.
slshrdanclshr 06/16/2019 12:58 | #237594 | TOP COMMENT
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marking the dramatic decline of CaPo
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