Opiate
by Tool
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Tool bestography
Opiate is ranked 6th best out of 8 albums by Tool on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Tool is Lateralus which is ranked number 170 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 8,411.
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Opiate track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Opiate rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Repo | 1992: Metal | 23/27 | - |
| 2026 | Museman | Top 59 Music Albums of the 1990s | 37/59 | 8 |
| 2026 |  jeremy9 | Top 93 Music Albums of 1992 | 40/93 | 3 |
| 2026 | saltysurprise | Top 56 Music Albums of 1992 | 52/56 | 0 |
| 2026 | xhitmanx | Top 40 Music Albums of 1992 | 21/40 | 3 |
| 2026 | JoshN125 | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 12/100 | 86 |
| 2026 | martintho | Top 52 Music Albums of 1992 | 7/52 | 4 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | F2LF: Tool/Maynard | 10/13 | - |
| 2026 | JoshN125 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 4/100 | 19 |
| 2026 | ExTeaSea | Favorite EPs | 15/24 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 83 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 386 | |||
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Opiate ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/04/2026 01:39 | xhitmanx | 1,604 | 75/100 |
| ! | 04/09/2026 06:34 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,661 | 70/100 |
| ! | 02/13/2026 00:31 | traistboar | 1,772 | 79/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 12% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.4/100, a mean average of 73.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.6.
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Forum mentions
NoisyBeast 12/08/2018 22:05 in What album are you listening to right now? Repo 11/17/2018 16:08 in What album are you listening to right now?
MaxC 03/12/2017 13:40 in What album are you listening to right now?Opiate comments
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Certainly a bit rough, but one of those albums where you realize you've listened to it so much you know it note for note (and in this case "YEAHHHHHHHHHH!"for "Bob Marley wannabe motherfucker") (Edited)
elo269megv 11/12/2017 20:29 | #201236 | TOP COMMENT
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Was pleasantly surprised by this... Having never previously listened to any of the tracks off this EP I was expecting it to be a weak, lackluster debut and to be really dark and heavy... It definitely hit hard and I found myself paying particular attention to the drums, they're phenomenal!! Not as experimental as their later works, which is fine with me. Addition of the live tracks adds to the experience and emotion of TOOL. I found once it was over I wished it were longer. This EP is a little underrated in my opinion.. If you dig Tool you'll probably like this
A album from a band just getting started so not their most best work but a must listen for any tool fan
Reasonably solid debut: certainly above average. Hush, Jerk-Off, and Opiate show plenty of aggression and power. This was an angry, young band at the time; in later years they would add more sophistication to their sound.
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