Eat The Elephant
by A Perfect Circle
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A Perfect Circle bestography
Eat The Elephant is ranked 3rd best out of 8 albums by A Perfect Circle on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by A Perfect Circle is Thirteenth Step which is ranked number 1580 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,083.
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Eat The Elephant track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Eat The Elephant rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  ssteve | Top 55 Music Albums of 2018 | 45/55 | 1 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 88 Music Albums of 2018 | 45/88 | 3 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 100 Music Albums of 2018 | 26/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Soundi PARHAAT ULKOMAISET ALBUMIT 2018 | 9/20 | - |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 63 Music Albums of 2018 | 6/63 | 5 |
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Ranked listening log 2018 201-300 | 13/100 | - |
| 2026 | DJStuart79 | Top 79 Music Albums of 2018 | 33/79 | 3 |
| 2026 | Museman | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 28/100 | 15 |
| 2026 | ExTeaSea | F2LF: Tool/Maynard | 9/13 | - |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | A Perfect Circle: So Far.. | 3/3 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 71 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 345 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/09/2026 18:55 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,700 | 70/100 |
| ! | 02/04/2026 13:14 | cicadelic | 14,041 | 73/100 |
| ! | 11/20/2025 01:46 | Proto | 4,309 | 33/100 |
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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 73.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.8.
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Purplepash 11/08/2020 03:18 in What album are you listening to right now?
Tha1ChiefRocka 02/01/2019 05:18 in Let's Eat BEAMA NOMINATIONS 2018Eat The Elephant comments
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Took some listens for it to reveal its layers, but it's a very solid record from beginning to end. It doesn't have the bite of songs like Judith or Pet but every part of the songs on this album are meticulously constructed.
Brad1770 TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/02/2018 00:55 | #213998 | TOP COMMENT
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Its Maynard James Keenan and its A Perfect Circle so its got to be good right ? Well in this case the answer is yes !
There's always a lot to unpack with APC albums and 'Eat the Elephant' is no exception , it took me several solid listens to get my head around this album
The brute force of previous releases has made way for a more mellow approach which works equally as well . MJK's biting lyrics are also here in spades as he questions gun control , politics , technology and social break down just to name a few
The industrial styled "Hourglass" just didn't work for me and is a clear album weak link and the 6 minute close out track "Get The Lead Out" ends the album on something of a whimper rather than a bang unfortunately
Lucky the music is good because the album cover art completely sucks , the creative minds definitely got this one wrong . Its not as bad as Jack Whites 'Boarding House Reach ' cover but 'Eat the Elephant' runs a close 2nd in Worst Album Cover in 2018
Is this the best album in 2018 ? Nope . Is this one of the better albums in 2018 ? Definitely !
65/100
May21. So the album gets underway with a slow burn/build-up. 'Eat the Elephant' is a slow piano, bass and drum-driven number that reminds me of slow jazz in its delivery. 'Disillusioned' is a very good song with a great message. Still, it is another slow song over 5 minutes to open the album. 'The Contrarian' is even slower. This really is mood music that reminds me of the opening credits of West World or the soundtrack to some other futuristic drama.
Nothing really changes with 'The Doomed'. Another slow, but very good song. At least it builds a little more towards the end for our first slice of actual heaviness. I have loved 'So Long, And Thanks for All the Fish'. A great ode to living life in excess and worrying about all the fake shit in our lives. 'Talk Talk' maintains a bit of the heaviness.
I've played the whole album through several times and I tend to tune in and out. The whole things sounds really good, but with its mellow nature it kind of lulls you into subconsciousness. Still, everything here is well crafted. 3.5/5
great album it was worth the wait
LedZep TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/24/2018 18:27 | #213562 | TOP COMMENT
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They've taken a softer approach here, but it works so well. It's on par with both Mer De Noms and Thirteenth Step in terms of quality. Now choosing my favourite APC album will be even harder, thanks Maynard & Billy.
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