The National 
The best album credited to The National is High Violet which is ranked number 120 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 10,433.
The National is ranked number 41 in the overall artist rankings with a total rank score of 34,979.
The National official website: http://www.americanmary.com
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- Matt Berninger
- See also:
- EL VY
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The National best albums
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The National best tracks
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Artist ratings | Avg. artist rating |
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| ! | 11/01/2025 03:29 |  LukasAntoine00s | 91 | 69/100 |
| ! | 10/24/2025 22:13 | habibi333 | 34 | 87/100 |
| ! | 06/13/2025 11:27 | Invader666 | 337 | 71/100 |
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This artist is rated in the top 2% of all artists on BestEverAlbums.com. This artist has a Bayesian average rating of 82.3/100, a mean average of 81.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 82.7/100. The standard deviation for this artist is 16.6.
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What a carreer and Ty for all the good moments !
Here is my personal 'The National' ranking albums :
1- High Violet (2010) ⇒ 80.90 (9)
2- Boxer (2007) => 80.40 (9)
3- First Two Pages of Frankeinstein (2023) => 76.80 (5)
4- Trouble Will Find Me (2013) => 76.50 (5)
5- Laugh Track (2023) => 76.30 (4)
6- Sleep Well Beast (2017) => 75.00 (4)
7- Alligator (2005) => 74.20 (3)
8- Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers (2003) => 73.30 (0)
9- I Am Easy to Find (2019) => 72.90 (2)
10- The National (2001) => 70.80 (0)
And If I had to create my own 'Best of The National', it would be a double CD made of 42 tracks composed with :
- Secret Meaning (2005) => 80
- Karen (2005) => 80
- Mr. November (2005) => 80
- Fake Empire (2007) => 85
- Mistaken For Strangers (2007) => 90
- Brainy (2007) => 80
- Green Gloves (2007) => 80
- Slow Show (2007) => 85
- Guest Room (2007) => 80
- Racing Like a Pro (2007) => 80
- Ada (2007) => 80
- Gospel (2007) => 80
- Bonus from 'Dark Was The Night' / So Far Around the Bend (2009) => 85
- Terrible Love (2010) => 85
- Sorrow (2010) => 80
- Anyone's Ghost (2010) => 80
- Bloodbuzz Ohio (2010) => 85
- Lemonworld (2010) => 80
- Runaway (2010) => 85
- Conversation 16 (2010) => 80
- England (2010) => 80
- Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks (2010) => 85
- I Should Live in Salt (2013) => 80
- Don't Swallow the Cap (2013) => 80
- Sea of Love (2013) => 80
- This Is the Last Time (2013) => 80
- Pink Rabbits (2013) => 85
- Day I Die (2017) => 80
- The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness (2017) => 80
- Guilty Party (2017) => 80
- Carin at the Liquor Store (2017) => 80
- Rylan (2019) => 80
- Light Years (2019) => 80
- Once Upon a Poolside (2023) => 80
- Eucalyptus (2023) => 80
- This Isn't Helping (2023) => 80
- Tropic Morning News (2023) => 85
- Alien (2023) => 80
- Deep End (Paul's in Pieces) (2023) ⇒ 80
- Weird Goodbyes (2023) ⇒ 80
- Hornets (2023) ⇒ 80
- Crumble (2023) ⇒ 80
g00d (Edited)
sophialeviev 07/01/2018 21:22 | #217609
An enjoyable band, slightly overrated, but makes compelling music. Nothing outstanding here. (Edited)
Vatsal 03/29/2018 18:16 | #211936
1. Alligator
2. High Violet
3. Sleep Well Beast
4. Sad Songs For Dirty Lovers
5. Boxer
6. Trouble Will Find Me (Edited)
jnfbn 03/05/2018 10:46 | #210146
Not for the music, not for the lyrics, I'm just here for Matt's voice
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