The Art Of Drowning
by AFI
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AFI bestography
The Art Of Drowning is ranked 3rd best out of 14 albums by AFI on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by AFI is Sing The Sorrow which is ranked number 2536 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 625.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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The Art Of Drowning track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Art Of Drowning rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2000 | 69/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | xhitmanx | Top 31 Music Albums of 2000 | 21/31 | 2 |
| 2026 | Jakor | Top 50 Music Albums of 2000 | 38/50 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Repo | Top 50 Music Albums of 2000 | 35/50 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Helios | Top 100 Music Albums of 2000 | 34/100 | 3 |
| 2025 | DJStuart79 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2000 | 22/100 | 4 |
| 2025 | Jamekae | Top 46 Music Albums of the 2000s | 27/46 | 9 |
| 2024 | Jamekae | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 10/100 | 70 |
| 2023 | Repo | Riot Fest '23 | 13/25 | - |
| 2021 | mlgprounicorn | Top 82 Music Albums of 2000 | 63/82 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 28 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 141 | |||
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The Art Of Drowning ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/06/2026 00:53 | xhitmanx | 1,604 | 75/100 |
| ! | 04/13/2026 09:11 | gmessian | 385 | 60/100 |
| ! | 03/07/2026 22:19 | BoxFL | 2,766 | 51/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 67.9/100, a mean average of 67.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 67.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 21.7.
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The Art Of Drowning forum mentions
Repo 06/10/2023 14:07 in What album are you listening to right now?
BestEverAlbums 12/01/2020 17:02 in Monthly overall chart movements BestEverAlbums 11/01/2020 17:02 in Monthly overall chart movementsThe Art Of Drowning comments
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A beautiful mix of all the things that make AFI a terrific band. Catchy choruses, vivid imagery, the energising tracks, the mournful ballads. I think Sing the Sorrow is their best, but The Art of Drowning is my favourite. (Edited)
Heavy guitar music, fast vocals and a desire to sing them all before sundown. (Edited)
AMEIER 06/26/2015 17:41 | #144634 | TOP COMMENT
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Very good album. Strong and fast, for me the 2nd best of their career. (Edited)
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