The Illusion Of Safety (studio album)
by Thrice

The Illusion Of Safety by Thrice
Year: 2002
Overall rank: 14,824th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 33 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2002 (274th)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (2,712th)
Award Best albums of all time (14,824th)

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Thrice bestography

The Illusion Of Safety is ranked 7th best out of 17 albums by Thrice on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Thrice is Beggars which is ranked number 4445 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 317.

Thrice album bestography « Higher ranked (13,145th)
To Be Everywhere Is To Be Nowhere
This album (14,824th)
The Illusion Of Safety
Lower ranked (17,989th) »
The Alchemy Index Vols. I & II: Fire & Water

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Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 33 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 22% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.8/100, a mean average of 74.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.4.

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From 02/16/2020 10:37
The previous review said it perfect. This is a great guitar based rock album. Unfairly lumped in with the screamo bands, thrice has always been much more of a straight ahead rock band, with experimental leanings on later albums. This album isn’t there yet though, this is an in your face rock record. Kinda like a mix of early Metallica with nirvana, then throw in some melodic punk. I don’t know, give it a try, it’s a great album. A big influence on me as a youth.
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This album is great, very much energy and a very original yet recognizable sound. They really took the best of Post-Hardcore, Melodic hardcore, Metalcore, Skate Punk and Emo into a great punchy package.

Probably my favorite Thrice album
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From 03/17/2014 01:17
Really good.

Experimental Hardcore?
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