Best Spoken Word Albums of All Time

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RankAlbumArtist		Year	★ Overall		Critics	Users
58	F♯ A♯ ∞ - Godspeed You Black Emperor!	1997	88.7	83.4	95	89.6	86.6	92.4	84	89.8
87	Soundtracks for the Blind - Swans	1996	87.9	83	93	88.7	86.1	93	83	88.4
170	Silent Hill 3 (Original Soundtracks) - Akira Yamaoka	2003	86.6	81.8	–	89	90.5	96	77	85.4
265	Spiderland - Slint	1991	85.8	83.2	80	87.6	85.3	93	83	88.6
274	White Light/White Heat - The Velvet Underground	1968	85.7	80.2	100	83	80.6	89.2	84	83.2
278	The College Dropout - Kanye West	2004	85.7	83	81	91.2	89.3	91.2	83	81.2
313	Hot Buttered Soul - Isaac Hayes	1969	85.5	80.6	93	88.1	83.5	89.6	79	84.6
344	THE RAINBOW GOBLINS - Masayoshi Takanaka	1981	85.3	78.6	–	88.9	89.3	95.8	77	82
379	Pulp Fiction (Music From The Motion Picture) - Various Artists	1994	85.1	–	82	84.1	89	89.2	80	86
515	Midtown 120 Blues - DJ Sprinkles	2008	84.4	77.6	90	83.3	88.3	96	75	80.6
533	Discipline - King Crimson	1981	84.3	81.2	87	84.5	84.4	88.8	80	84
543	Skeleton Tree - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	2016	84.2	76.8	91	84.5	84	88	82	83.4
797	Musick to Play in the Dark - Coil	1999	83.3	77.6	88	80.9	80.1	94.8	79	82.4
845	Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards - Tom Waits	2006	83.1	77	89	80.9	82.3	90.2	78	84
864	Uncle Meat - The Mothers of Invention	1969	83	76.2	95	80.1	–	87.2	78	81.6
877	666 - Aphrodite's Child	1972	83	74.8	95	80	80.3	89.2	77	84.6
944	Nada Como um Dia Após o Outro Dia - Racionais MC's	2002	82.8	79.4	70	87.7	91.3	92.8	75	83.4
1000	Nightfall in Middle-Earth - Blind Guardian	1998	82.7	75.6	85	82	86.4	90	74	85.6
1043	Histoire de Melody Nelson - Serge Gainsbourg	1971	82.5	74.4	89	79.2	78.5	93.6	81	82
1058	Deseo, Carne y Voluntad - Candelabro	2025	82.5	77.2	–	83.6	86.7	97.4	76	74
1059	Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of the War of the Worlds - Jeff Wayne	1978	82.5	75.8	85	86.5	–	87.2	75	85.4
1215	Ghosteen - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds	2019	82.1	72.6	93	80.9	82.1	89	79	78.2
1222	For Cameron - Merchant Ships	2010	82.1	75.6	100	81.2	76.9	88	73	80
1386	Chill Out - The KLF	1990	81.8	75.2	82	81.1	82.1	94.2	76	81.8
1410	The Mocking Stars - LAUSSE THE CAT	2025	81.7	74	–	84.6	85.4	98.4	74	74
1436	A Seat at the Table - Solange	2016	81.7	73	88	83.1	83.2	91.4	77	76
1740	Doopee Time - Doopees	1995	81.1	75	–	79.9	83.4	91.8	76	80.4
1790	Red Burns - Standing On The Corner	2017	81	75.8	80	83.2	87.1	93.8	75	72
1877	Big Science - Laurie Anderson	1982	80.8	74.2	88	79.7	80.2	85.8	78	80
1890	Hi, How Are You: The Unfinished Album - Daniel Johnston	1983	80.8	74.4	89	81.3	80.3	86.8	74	80
1900	Night Palace - Mount Eerie	2024	80.8	76.8	82	83.2	79	93.6	75	76
2038	The Clown - The Charles Mingus Jazz Workshop	1957	80.6	75.6	80	82.4	79.8	89.2	79	78
2655	To Whom This May Concern - Jill Scott	2026	79.6	72	79	79.5	77.4	97	76	76
2817	From Filthy Tongue of Gods and Griots - dälek	2002	79.3	77.8	69	85.6	80.4	86.6	76	79.6
2917	New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges - Colin Stetson	2011	79.1	74.8	74	80	–	90	76	80
3055	The Narcissist II - Dean Blunt	2012	78.9	74.8	76	79.6	79	93	76	74
3246	THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE. - RAYE	2026	78.6	63.2	83	76.7	82.8	97.2	76	71.2
3500	Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake - Small Faces	1968	78.2	71	90	71.6	73.7	88.8	78	74
3522	communist slow jams - JPEGMAFIA	2015	78.1	71.4	–	77.1	76.8	90.4	73	80
3551	Joe's Garage Acts II & III - Frank Zappa	1979	78.1	73	60	80.3	86.2	83.6	78	85.4
3596	CLPPNG - clipping.	2014	77.9	71.2	76	80.8	78.6	88	77	74
4024	Perverts - Ethel Cain	2025	77.1	74.8	78	78.6	74.2	91.2	71	72
4462	Nighthawks at the Diner - Tom Waits	1975	76.1	70.8	78	72.6	73.7	87.4	74	76
4650	Musick to Play in the Dark² - Coil	2000	75.6	75.6	50	77.8	75.9	93.2	77	79.8
4771	New Long Leg - Dry Cleaning	2021	75.3	67.8	84	72	73.6	89.6	76	64
4828	Where's My Utopia? - Yard Act	2024	75.1	65.6	83	72	73.4	88	74	70
4854	Murder of the Universe - King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	2017	75.1	69.4	72	76.7	76	88.4	73	70
5025	Heaux Tales - Jazmine Sullivan	2021	74.6	65.8	79	73	75.1	91	70	68
5417	The Overload - Yard Act	2022	73	62.4	85	68	73.1	88.4	72	62
5518	Common As Light and Love Are Red Valleys of Blood - Sun Kil Moon	2017	72.4	67.6	64	75.7	76.4	80.8	74	68
5526	Body of Work - Edward Skeletrix	2026	72.3	70.8	63	77	70.7	91.8	73	60
5569	Holland - The Beach Boys	1973	72.1	70.2	61	76	73.5	82.2	74	68
5606	Love of Life - Swans	1992	71.9	68.8	57	71.5	72.5	89.4	72	72
5676	Lumpy Gravy - Frank Zappa & The Abnuceals Emuukha Electric Symphony Orchestra & Chorus	1968	71.4	65.2	70	68.6	69.8	84.2	72	70
5771	Secret Love - Dry Cleaning	2026	70.7	62	81	61	62.5	89.2	75	64
5978	Terrified . - fakemink	2026	68.3	62.8	63	68.4	64.2	88.6	71	60
5983	Grand Declaration of War - Mayhem	2000	68.3	60.8	80	59.1	58.1	85.8	70	64

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