Ancient Dreams
by Candlemass
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Candlemass bestography
Ancient Dreams is ranked 7th best out of 16 albums by Candlemass on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Candlemass is Epicus Doomicus Metallicus which is ranked number 3893 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 380.
(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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Ancient Dreams track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Ancient Dreams rankings
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 3 hours ago).
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | saltysurprise | Top 63 Music Albums of 1988 | 40/63 | 2 |
| 2026 |  jeremy9 | Top 78 Music Albums of 1988 | 37/78 | 3 |
| 2026 | MasterOfPuppets | Top 23 Music Albums of 1988 | 15/23 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Repo | 1988: Metal | 31/42 | - |
| 2025 | vruslov | Top 96 Music Albums of 1988 | 94/96 | 0 |
| 2025 |  MetalMan67 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1988 | 19/100 | 4 |
| 2023 |  MW19704U | Top 100 Music Albums of 1988 | 68/100 | 2 |
| 2018 |  NoisyBeast | Top Albums of 1988... #101-200 | 32/100 | - |
| 2017 | NoisyBeast | Favorite 1980s Metal Albums | 62/100 | - |
| 2017 | NoisyBeast | Top 2000 Albums of the 1980s... #1001-1100 | 95/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 10 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 12 | |||
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Ancient Dreams ratings
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AVwhere:
av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 04/04/2026 10:34 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,276 | 70/100 |
| ! | 02/22/2026 14:03 | saltysurprise | 2,954 | 83/100 |
| ! | 05/18/2025 09:31 |  doombringer | 2,312 | 75/100 |
| ! | 01/13/2025 18:57 |  Dingerbell | 4,120 | 62/100 |
| ! | 04/13/2023 12:55 | MetalMan67 | 6,157 | 71/100 |
Rating metrics:
Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.6/100, a mean average of 72.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.6.
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