Panopticon
by Isis

Album
Panopticon by Isis
Year: 2004
Release date: 2004-10-19
Overall rank: 2,071st   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 153 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2004 (33rd)
Award Top albums of of the 2000s (340th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,071st)

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Panopticon is ranked as the best album by Isis.

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- This album (2,071st)
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Panopticon track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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So Did We
Average Rating: 86 (44 votes)Comments: View 1
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Backlit
Average Rating: 83 (33 votes)Comments: View 0
3.
In Fiction
Average Rating: 85 (36 votes)Comments: View 0
4.
Wills Dissolve
Average Rating: 79 (26 votes)Comments: View 0
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Syndic Calls
Average Rating: 82 (29 votes)Comments: View 0
6.
Altered Course
Average Rating: 80 (26 votes)Comments: View 0
7.
Grinning Mouths
Average Rating: 82 (29 votes)Comments: View 0

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Panopticon rankings

Panopticon rankings summary
Overall rank: 2,071st | 2000s rank: 340th | 2004 rank: 33rd  Overall chart history
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Panopticon ratings

Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 153 votes)
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 !		41 hours ago LedZep  Ratings distribution  5,14579/100
 
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 !		06/04/2026 11:34 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  15,77770/100
 
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 !		01/18/2026 00:39 Untitled  Ratings distribution  1,81177/100

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Panopticon forum mentions

This album has been referenced 20 times on the forums, Explore the wider forum discussion to see what members have said about it.
From BestEverAlbums 07/25/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5384): By ssteve
“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by ) 1. by (1980) 2. by (1999) 3. by (2000) 4. (1974) 5. by by (1988) 7. by (2005) 8. by (1972) 9. by (1992) 10. by by by (2013) 14. by (2015) 15. by (2010) 16. by by (1998) 18. by (2009) 19. by (1994) 22. by (1997) 26. by by (1974) 28. by…”
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From NoisyBeast 03/14/2024 22:34 in What album are you listening to right now?
“What album are you listening to right now?”
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From Mercury 05/16/2021 01:32 in You must listen to the album below you: canon edition
“1. This is a pretty album. It’s more post rock than post metal. Or perhaps I’m just focusing on the crescendoing post rock parts because... I don’t particularly like post rock generally. At least not as done here. The genre rarely moves me emotionally. This album is no exception. It was beautiful…”
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Panopticon comments

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90/100
From 03/25/2016 20:09 | #162527 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Great album, too bad they can't do any more concerts in Paris.
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From 08/10/2015 08:48 | #147422 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Fuck it, I gave it a 100/100, it's basically essential.
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From 03/08/2015 22:23 | #136392 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
I was not expecting something this massive in sound. Definitely going to give it another listen sometime soon.
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80/100
From 04/14/2015 23:18 | #139527 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
The instrumentation is fantastic, but the vocals are sometimes not very good at all.
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From 08/31/2018 00:54 | #220297 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Love the instrumentation, easy to get lost in it at times, its heavy yet dreamy. 50/50 on the vocals though.. I like the melodic bits, and even some of the yelling, but the screamo/black metal parts I don't care for very much... 7.5/8ish territory for me
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