S.C.I.E.N.C.E.
by Incubus
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Incubus bestography
S.C.I.E.N.C.E. is ranked 3rd best out of 14 albums by Incubus on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Incubus is Morning View which is ranked number 2407 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 670.
(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. track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
S.C.I.E.N.C.E. rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | xhitmanx | Top 42 Music Albums of 1997 | 23/42 | 2 |
| 2026 | vruslov | Top 94 Music Albums of 1997 | 18/94 | 4 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 38/100 | 13 |
| 2026 | AAL2014 | Top 56 Music Albums of 1997 | 9/56 | 4 |
| 2026 | saltysurprise | Top 41 Music Albums of 1997 | 31/41 | 1 |
| 2026 |  covecove | Top 100 Music Albums of 1997 | 58/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | Unaguma | Top 99 Music Albums of the 1990s | 21/99 | 16 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 90 Music Albums of 1997 | 70/90 | 1 |
| 2026 | Drbassexpert24 | Top 91 Music Albums of the 1990s | 12/91 | 18 |
| 2026 |  Patman360 | Top 99 Music Albums of 1997 | 93/99 | 0 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 66 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 310 | |||
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S.C.I.E.N.C.E. ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/02/2026 20:57 | xhitmanx | 1,604 | 75/100 |
| ! | 07/27/2026 15:55 | covecove | 6,729 | 74/100 |
| ! | 06/23/2026 13:20 | cicadelic | 14,199 | 73/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 9% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.9/100, a mean average of 73.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.6.
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S.C.I.E.N.C.E. forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 08/15/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5405): By AAL2014View latest topic →
NoisyBeast 04/02/2021 07:11 in What album are you listening to right now? BestEverAlbums 12/01/2019 17:02 in Monthly overall chart movements - November 2019View latest topic →
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S.C.I.E.N.C.E. comments
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I saw some influences of trip hop here, and a little bit of Korn & Primus. Really good
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
One of the few albums of nu metal that matters...
AAL2014 TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/23/2019 00:55 | #245897 | TOP COMMENT
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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.
TheHolyKiwi TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/24/2014 08:13 | #125209 | TOP COMMENT
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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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