Midlake
The Trials of Van Occupanther









Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc.
Ghostly (USA) - Top 110 Albums of the 2000s (2009) No Order
The Onion A.V. Club (USA) - Top 50 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 46
Under the Radar (USA) - Top 200 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 29
Mojo (UK) - The Mojo Collection, 3rd and/or 4th Edition (2003/2007) No Order
Rock's Back Pages (UK) - Top 176 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 66.5
The Guardian (UK) - Guardian Writers' Favourite Albums Ever (2013) 17
The Word (UK) - Top 25 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 18
Uncut (UK) - Top 150 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 67
Adresseavisen (Norway) - Top 100 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 57
OOR (Netherlands) - Top 100 Albums of the 2000s (2009) 65
Christophe Conte (France) - L'anti discothèque idéale (2015) No Order
Les Inrockuptibles (France) - Top 100 Albums of the 2000s (2010) 17
Ratings
All Music Guide (USA) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars 4 Stars
Robert Christgau (USA) - Consumer Guide Album Grade C
Metacritic (Metascore 0-100, Weighted Average of Reviews from USA and UK) 79
Piero Scaruffi, Italy (www.scaruffi.com), Album Ratings (Scale 1 to 10) 6.5
End of Year Lists
A.V. Club (USA) - Albums of the Year 3
All Music Guide (USA) - Albums of the Year No Order
Glide (USA) - Albums of the Year No Order
HARP (USA) - Albums of the Year 26
Idolator (USA) - Albums of the Year (Jackin' Pop Poll) 46
Under the Radar (USA) - Albums of the Year 6
Village Voice (USA) - Albums of the Year 46
woxy.com (USA) - Albums of the Year 21
Americana-UK (UK) - Albums of the Year 8
Classic Rock (UK) - Albums of the Year 23
Mojo (UK) - Albums of the Year 9
MusicOMH (UK) - Albums of the Year 10
NME (UK) - Albums of the Year 40
Q (UK) - Albums of the Year 21
Sound Generator (UK) - Albums of the Year 16
Uncut (UK) - Albums of the Year 7
Gaffa (Denmark) - Albums of the Year 7
Musikbyrån (Sweden) - Albums of the Year 26
Sonic (Sweden) - Albums of the Year 8
OOR (Netherlands) - Albums of the Year 15
Musikexpress/Sounds (Germany) - Albums of the Year 3
Rolling Stone (Germany) - Albums of the Year 15
Zündfunk (Germany) - Albums of the Year 13
Les Inrockuptibles (France) - Albums of the Year 6
Magic (France) - Albums of the Year 6
Popnews (France) - Albums of the Year 2
Rumore (Italy) - Albums of the Year 18
B92 Net Radio (Serbia) - Albums of the Year 17