The Monitor
by Titus Andronicus
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Titus Andronicus bestography
The Monitor is ranked as the best album by Titus Andronicus.
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The Monitor track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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The Monitor ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 01/25/2026 23:19 | jbonilla84 | 241 | 59/100 |
| ! | 12/29/2025 17:30 | mutant | 1,671 | 56/100 |
| ! | 12/14/2025 01:23 | Exist-en-ciel | 7,457 | 70/100 |
| ! | 07/21/2025 07:45 | Hyggevinyl | 4,223 | 72/100 |
| ! | 03/15/2025 19:50 |  AvalancheGrips | 758 | 88/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.1/100, a mean average of 75.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.6.
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HoldenM 01/16/2020 04:49 | #246882
Revisiting this years later, I don't know what I was thinking, because this is a goddamned masterpiece. Who knew Civil War reenactment could slap this hard?
Epic first half with some of the best tunes of "folk punk" ever made since Against Me! debut album. The album loses some of its power in the second half that turns too long but still a remarkable record overall. Should be ranked higher.
Best Tracks: A More Perfect Union, To Old Friends and New
Best album by Titus Andronicus so far. An instant classic.
exileonthehell 10/30/2015 21:58 | #152312
After five listens, this officially isn't my cup of tea. But after every listen it sounds as fresh as the first time. Also this is really enjoyable to listen on a road with clouds above
pearljammer13 09/21/2015 19:05 | #150230
How many albums did you write "wow" on? I got emails for 5. Very insightful.
Defago 04/12/2014 20:00 | #109119
This is one of those albums which at first listen seems like nothing much, but on repeated listens grows better and better.
Clearly informed by both Conor Oberst's warble and flare for dramatic emotional purges as well as breakneck Dropkick style punk.
Cymro2011 02/11/2013 11:35 | #64758
Didn't really like this at first but it's kinda growing on me. Small thing that annoys me about this albums is that the vocals don't really match up with the music that well, the music itself is pretty light Alt-Rock but the vocals are very harsh and punk rockish. If the music was a bit more aggressive I would probably like this album a lot more.
EDIT: I've changed my mind this albums is actually very good.
pearljammer13 02/08/2013 17:30 | #64500
@paladisiac You're right, he sounds exactly like Connor Oberst. It's crazy.
A very good album, need to listen to it more.
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