Time Tells No Lies
by Praying Mantis
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Time Tells No Lies is ranked as the best album by Praying Mantis.
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Time Tells No Lies track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Time Tells No Lies rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Repo | Top 100 Music Albums of 1981 | 75/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | Olli | Top 100 Music Albums of 1981 | 81/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | Repo | 1981: Metal | 18/45 | - |
| 2026 | Repo | Micro-genres: NWOBHM | 38/62 | - |
| 2025 | Junomoogmello | Top 19 Music Albums of 1981 | 9/19 | 3 |
| 2025 |  MetalMan67 | Top 63 Music Albums of 1981 | 17/63 | 4 |
| 2025 |  MW19704U | Metal On Metal: The Hitchhiker's Guide To Heavy Metal | 92/100 | - |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | Albums of the year 1981 by Metal Storm | 9/20 | - |
| 2025 | mostlymor | 1981 (Listening Project Part 1) | 36/100 | - |
| 2024 | MW19704U | The Hitchhiker's Guide To The New Wave Of British Heavy Metal | 4/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 21 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 50 | |||
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Time Tells No Lies ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 46 hours ago |  UofTBlues | 3,639 | 71/100 |
| ! | 09/09/2025 19:28 | Olli | 7,938 | 62/100 |
| ! | 05/17/2024 08:16 | TonySayers61 | 25,912 | 64/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 23% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.5/100, a mean average of 74.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.8.
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Repo 12/03/2022 03:38 in What album are you listening to right now? Repo 07/17/2020 00:40 in Rank 'Em: The Beach BoysTime Tells No Lies comments
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I used to have a single off this album, it had similar artwork to the cover of the album and I did like the single although lost, sold or gave it away at some point. I don't recall the name of the single, years later I bought the CD version of the album but it isn't the same as owning a vinyl copy. I will continue to keep my eye out and live in the hope that it may be re-issued. I think the album has a toe or two in the progressive pool which I like.
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