The Sound Of Madness
by Shinedown
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The Sound Of Madness is ranked as the best album by Shinedown.
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The Sound Of Madness track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Sound Of Madness 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 |  AAL2014 | Top 43 Music Albums of 2008 | 39/43 | 1 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 2008 | 44/95 | - |
| 2026 |  jeremy9 | Top 76 Music Albums of 2008 | 51/76 | 2 |
| 2026 | DJStuart79 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2008 | 4/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | MasterOfPuppets | Top 500 Albums: 101-200 | 61/100 | - |
| 2026 | MasterOfPuppets | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 35/100 | 13 |
| 2026 | Jakor | Top 50 Music Albums of 2008 | 44/50 | 1 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum year 2008 | 42/47 | - |
| 2025 | mikepen | Top 22 Music Albums of 2008 | 15/22 | 2 |
| 2023 | MasterOfPuppets | Top 13 Music Albums of 2008 | 3/13 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 36 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 136 | |||
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The Sound Of Madness ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 06/11/2026 12:04 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,518 | 70/100 |
| ! | 05/05/2026 23:03 | seaniedimes_ | 74 | 80/100 |
| ! | 03/12/2026 21:41 | bjorndedrij | 178 | 57/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.1/100, a mean average of 70.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.8.
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Bi11LL26Y 01/09/2018 15:38 | #205073 | TOP COMMENT
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BOOM LAY BOOM LAY BOOM, ONE PUSH IS ALL YOU NEED
That's only the deluxe version for some reason, I would probably buy the entire CD just for that one song, lol.
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