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by Paradise Lost
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Paradise Lost bestography
Icon is ranked 2nd best out of 18 albums by Paradise Lost on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Paradise Lost is Draconian Times which is ranked number 6359 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 210.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
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| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 72 Music Albums of 1993 | 45/72 | 2 |
| 2026 |  jeremy9 | Top 90 Music Albums of 1993 | 51/90 | 2 |
| 2025 | DJStuart79 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1993 | 40/100 | 3 |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | Albums of the year 1993 by Metal Storm | 6/20 | - |
| 2024 |  Arthurknight | Top 100 Music Albums of 1993 | 98/100 | 0 |
| 2023 | DaaN | Top 39 Music Albums of 1993 | 34/39 | 1 |
| 2023 |  MW19704U | Top 100 Music Albums of 1993 | 55/100 | 2 |
| 2023 |  mickilennial | Top 100: Metal | 77/100 | - |
| 2022 |  IlMala | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 27/100 | 15 |
| 2022 | IlMala | 401-500 Greatest Music Albums | 53/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 31 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 94 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 02/21/2025 23:35 | RockingRoll666 | 1,925 | 74/100 |
| ! | 12/25/2024 20:51 | TonySayers61 | 25,461 | 64/100 |
| ! | 12/18/2023 21:16 | DaaN | 489 | 78/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.0/100, a mean average of 78.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.8.
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Forum mentions
dihansse 08/27/2020 19:41 in My discoveries per year
NoisyBeast 06/08/2019 20:00 in What album are you listening to right now?Icon comments
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IlMala 02/04/2022 10:31 | #280684
Why so low rated? That's a fantastic "dark" album, my favourite from Paradise Lost.
In Paradise Lost we, once again, observe just what is possible when singer stops being afraid of hearing themselves sing (or band being afraid of hearing their singer sing).
Rule #1: If you can't sing, learn how. Likewise if you can't play an instrument, learn how.
Rule #2: If you can't be bothered, then just get a day job and leave music creation to folks who will endure the excruciating four week period or so that it takes to learn to sing and play an instrument.
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Icon also proves that in music too, and in music particularly, I must stress, less is more.
This is exactly why hardly anyone listens to progressive rock music. It's just too f*cking convoluted for its own good.
Let me put it this way: if you can't image a 40-year-old trucker guy being able to sing along your songs, don't bloody make 'em!
Last I heard Paradise Lost was desperately imitating Depeche Mode or something along those lines. Now, they're probably making disco. Or grind metal. Or jingles. I couldn't care less.
I have my Icon and it's good enough for me.
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