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 1461 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,173.
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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
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The Greatest ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/19/2026 04:30 | lanis | 1,220 | 74/100 |
| ! | 06/05/2026 04:43 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,233 | 70/100 |
| ! | 04/18/2026 15:22 | gmessian | 385 | 60/100 |
| ! | 02/05/2026 06:50 | NyanTanis | 33 | 80/100 |
| ! | 12/29/2025 17:43 | mutant | 1,671 | 56/100 |
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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 74.9/100, a mean average of 73.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.1.
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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
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.
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 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.
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