This Unruly Mess I've Made
by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis bestography
This Unruly Mess I've Made is ranked 2nd best out of 3 albums by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis is The Heist which is ranked number 6814 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 193.
(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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This Unruly Mess I've Made track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (2 out of 13 tracks have been rated).
This Unruly Mess I've Made 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 | Drbassexpert24 | Top 27 Music Albums of 2016 | 17/27 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Ranked listening log 2016 101-200 | 38/100 | - |
| 2025 | cicadelic | Robert Christgau: Dean's List 2016 | 28/87 | - |
| 2023 | glynspsa | Top 100 Music Albums of 2016 | 47/100 | 3 |
| 2023 |  TheDude85 | Top 39 Music Albums of 2016 | 20/39 | 3 |
| 2022 | shanelovesyou1111 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 83/100 | 4 |
| 2019 | ReelBigToph | Top 100 Music Albums of 2016 | 33/100 | 3 |
| 2018 |  hereforashortime | Top 9 Music Albums of 2016 | 5/9 | 3 |
| 2018 | hereforashortime | Top 63 Music Albums of the 2010s | 40/63 | 8 |
| 2017 | mjbreuer | Top 58 Music Albums of 2016 | 54/58 | 0 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 12 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 39 | |||
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This Unruly Mess I've Made ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/06/2026 16:46 | TonySayers61 | 25,608 | 64/100 |
| ! | 06/01/2024 22:34 | Purplepash | 4,990 | 75/100 |
| ! | 03/30/2022 19:08 | JurassicRamsey | 142 | 73/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 67.1/100, a mean average of 65.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 65.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.2.
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Forum mentions
Purplepash 06/01/2024 22:43 in What album are you listening to right now? hereforashortime 04/20/2017 02:06 in What album are you listening to right now?
Lowkey 03/01/2016 18:19 in What album are you listening to right now?This Unruly Mess I've Made comments
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louisjwyatt 02/29/2016 21:01 | #161037
I've been highly anticipating this album since first hearing and quickly falling in love with Downtown. Once again, Macklemore isn't breaking any boundaries with his music, but he's delivered another highly enjoyable release. Ryan Lewis also delivers some of his best production to date here, channeling the likes of Dr Dre (coupled with Macklemore's likeness to Eminem in his more comedic moments) and RZA (see: Buckshot).
There's a good balance between feel good moments and heartfelt conviction, complimenting both the funky and gospel aspects of the production. The guest appearances from KRS-One, Anderson Paak and Chance make This Unruly Mess a real treat as well.
I was initially skeptical of the album's overall direction after feeling somewhat lukewarm towards White Privilege's straightforward preachiness, but it ultimately works well as the closer here. All in all, this album is definitely worth your time, despite having a relatively unnatural sounding flow in parts. It's sentimental in parts, and yet it doesn't take itself too seriously through the entire 13 tracks. And, of course, it's got great hits like Macklemore and Ryan Lewis's previous releases. This could easily be a top ten album of the year for me, but it's only February still.
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