The Decemberists 
The best album credited to The Decemberists is The Crane Wife which is ranked number 776 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 2,217.
The Decemberists is ranked number 264 in the overall artist rankings with a total rank score of 7,602.
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- Colin Meloy
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The Decemberists best albums
The following albums by The Decemberists are ranked highest in the greatest album charts:
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The Decemberists best tracks
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The Decemberists ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Artist ratings | Avg. artist rating |
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| 07/16/2025 18:59 | bonnequestion | 397 | 71/100 | |
| 11/21/2023 15:14 | Johnnyo | 3,161 | 74/100 | |
| 09/22/2023 17:04 | Stevo796 | 980 | 74/100 | |
| 09/19/2023 09:10 | MaxStorm98 | 542 | 92/100 | |
| 03/14/2023 02:30 |  imacgill | 11 | 85/100 |
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This artist is rated in the top 4% of all artists on BestEverAlbums.com. This artist has a Bayesian average rating of 79.5/100, a mean average of 79.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.1/100. The standard deviation for this artist is 14.0.
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Vatsal 06/10/2019 17:32 | #237382
they have a very solid very consistent back catalogue over their career. The six albums till The King Is Dead are all great (with Crane Wife and Picaresque being truly amazing and underrated to be honest) They never really achieve the heights of some other big indie bands, but for the most part they have always been at least good.
Good Band, live show is decent.
Good band, have some great songs. Underwhelming at times
Great band live or recorded
awesomness425 07/17/2015 05:41 | #145889
I rate it an 8, but i'm just gonna say it ain't bad..it's folk so i automatically highly enjoy it so ay
Nice band. The Crane Wife is their masterwork. But their other albums are worth checking out too.
One of the great live acts I've ever seen. Smart, catchy songs.
Absolutely superb band. Each album has a distinct character. In general they are a highly theatrical story-telling band; terrific musicians and wonderful arrangements.
MCOTho 03/27/2013 02:38 | #70108
Very very cool band!
Great live band - one of the few that really engage with their audience, these days - and they are building up a great catalogue of albums. Hazards of Love is awesome, with Picaresque and Crane Wife not far behind.
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