The Years Of Decay (studio album) by Overkill

The Years Of Decay by Overkill
Year: 1989
Overall rank: 9,232nd   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 64 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1989 (135th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (1,354th)
Award Best albums of all time (9,232nd)

Overkill bestography

The Years Of Decay is ranked 2nd best out of 26 albums by Overkill on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Overkill is Feel The Fire which is ranked number 8852 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 136.

Overkill album bestography « Higher ranked (8,852nd) This album (9,232nd) Lower ranked (9,232nd) »
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The Years Of Decay track list

  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 64 votes)
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09/27/2023 14:18 LosWochos  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 41,30275/100
 
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This album is rated in the top 11% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.9/100, a mean average of 73.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 20.9.

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From 10/27/2020 11:07
Best metal album of '89 my hs graduation year. This beats Practice What you Preach only because Testaments album has a shitty drum mix. Sounded like a click track. Plus, OverKill always had that hunger to do better and better. You could tell they weren't wannabes or lazy. Bobby Gustafson is the only guitarist at the time and made 'em famous with his writing abilities.
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From 10/26/2013 16:43
Fantastic album! Vocals reminded me of Dead Kennedys at times. Only made me like it more!
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From 11/16/2012 08:12
Overkill is one of the most underrated thrash bands. This was probably their best produced and highest quality album of their early days. Favorite songs: Elimination, Birth of Tension, Evil Never Dies.
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From 03/04/2011 22:27
This is such a quality thrash album. I hope others will check out this band.
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2. Disintegration by The Cure
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