S.C.I.E.N.C.E.
by Incubus

S.C.I.E.N.C.E. by Incubus
Year: 1997
Overall rank: 4,404th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 149 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1997 (68th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (727th)
Award Best albums of all time (4,404th)

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Incubus bestography

S.C.I.E.N.C.E. is ranked 3rd best out of 12 albums by Incubus on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Incubus is Morning View which is ranked number 2226 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 726.

Incubus album bestography « Higher ranked (2,779th)
Make Yourself
This album (4,404th)
S.C.I.E.N.C.E.
Lower ranked (8,451st) »
A Crow Left Of The Murder...

(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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S.C.I.E.N.C.E. rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 4,404th | 1990s rank: 727th | 1997 rank: 68th
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2026vruslovTop 94 Music Albums of 199718/944
2026saltysurpriseTop 41 Music Albums of 199731/411
2026 AAL2014Top 100 Greatest Music Albums94/1007
2026 Patman360Top 94 Music Albums of 199788/940
2026 TamthebamTop 93 Music Albums of 199771/931
2025 IgtonumamaTop 100 Music Albums of 199751/1003
2025 PAPPITUFOTop 51 Music Albums of 199718/513
2025 AAL2014Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s36/10013
2025adbrack1988Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s86/1003
2025jrbakerTop 100 Greatest Music Albums31/10065
2025DJStuart79Top 100 Music Albums of 19973/1005
2025blueandthemoonTop 50 Music Albums of 199737/501
2025 paladisiacTop 100 Music Albums of 199784/1001
2025jrbakerTop 61 Music Albums of the 1990s15/6115
2025 paladisiactop 60r albums (57), #0001-0100*2/51 -
2025 bojolpif71Top 100 Music Albums of 199750/1003
2025 paladisiac1990s 60rating (57), #0001-0100*1/30 -
2025 zags7000Top 100 Music Albums of 199722/1004
2025 idioticanTop 100 Music Albums of the 1990s12/10018
2025 nextorgdTop 100 Music Albums of the 1990s83/1004
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 65
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 320
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S.C.I.E.N.C.E. ratings

Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 149 votes)
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02/27/2026 06:19 Proto  Ratings distribution  4,10833/100
 
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02/25/2026 10:47 alkalineroger  Ratings distribution  11080/100
 
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02/13/2026 19:41 cestuneblague  Ratings distribution  8,03380/100
 
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01/31/2026 07:31 VanillaBean  Ratings distribution  1,18679/100

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This album is rated in the top 8% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.0/100, a mean average of 73.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.7.

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90/100
From 12/23/2019 00:55 | #245897
An unhinged, genius tinged highlight of the early-ish era of nu-metal. Even their next album, as mostly good as it is, is fucking tame compared to most of the stuff going on here. Catchy and fun as well as experimental and experimentally mental. Love it.
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85/100
From 05/17/2016 15:35 | #166293
SCIENCE is Incubus's 3rd best album.

They refined the raw loudness of fungus amungus into coherent songs here but it is still raw in parts which some people prefer.

A Certain Shade of Green and Vitamin are stellar highlights

Nebula stands out. The ballads of a slick groove that separates them from contemporaries ballads of acoustic confessionals. These ballads have a chill party groove feel.

A surprising sophomore effort that gets overlooked. Fungus Amungus for a debut turns off most people other than the die hards and then people skip to their more well known albums that dominated rock radio for a few years.

SCIENCE shouldn't be overlooked as it is the transition album from raw crazy debut into melodic power rock of Make Yourself and Morning View
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From 10/25/2015 20:14 | #152012
I saw some influences of trip hop here, and a little bit of Korn & Primus. Really good
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90/100
From 04/12/2015 21:48 | #139400
I'm not the biggest Incubus fan.
This is a pretty spectacular album though.
Their best imo.
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Rating:  
80/100
From 10/24/2014 08:13 | #125209
Extremely underrated,
Incubus' best and a very slick, experimental alternative metal album. Mixing various random noises and not sounding like a mess and in fact quite the opposite.
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Rating:  
90/100
From 09/26/2012 02:22 | #51214
One of the few albums of nu metal that matters...
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100/100
From 07/01/2008 12:43 | #772
Coolness.

Very underrated.
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