Ember (studio album)
by Breaking Benjamin
Breaking Benjamin bestography
Ember is ranked 7th best out of 9 albums by Breaking Benjamin on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Breaking Benjamin is Phobia which is ranked number 7221 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 175.
(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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Ember track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Ember rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Spindler | Top 20 Greatest Music Albums | 20/20 | 3 |
| 2019 | GeorgeW49 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2018 | 98/100 | 0 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 2 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 4 | |||
Ember collection
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Ember ratings
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AVwhere:
av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating.
Showing latest 5 ratings for this album. | Show all 17 ratings for this album.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 10/06/2025 14:01 | jon5417 | 4,028 | 68/100 |
| ! | 03/07/2025 13:44 |  MetalMan67 | 5,957 | 71/100 |
| ! | 06/12/2023 02:24 |  zags7000 | 20,410 | 64/100 |
| ! | 09/12/2022 20:43 |  phantom1305 | 2,812 | 71/100 |
| ! | 03/24/2022 12:34 | Gendjar | 4,732 | 56/100 |
Rating metrics:
Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album has a Bayesian average rating of 69.0/100, a mean average of 67.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 67.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.9.
Ember comments
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Bi11LL26Y 04/27/2018 03:36 | #213740
Wasn't a huge fan of this album. Every song sounded just about the same. Would be some good background music, but not very good as an album. Ironically the first and last track (especially the last) was better than the rest of the album.
I like this album, it is decent, and I am a fan of the band, but there are a few things that really hold it back. This album would be a lot better if it weren’t for the obnoxious high pitched screaming effect the band seems to be obsessed with. The screams are drowning in effects and it takes away from the power of the album. They use this effect in almost every song. I prefer the songs where they don’t have it, like the dry screaming from Dark Before Dawn. Which brings me to the vocal layering. Every singing line sounds highly edited and totally saturated by compression, pitch correction, reverb, delay, and completely unnecessary harmonies. A lot of the times, a raw vocal line is more expressive and sounds better. This is a freakin’ hard rock band, you don’t need to perfectly tune and harmonize every singing line, you should just use the harmonies to add expression, and considering almost every vocal line is harmonized it greatly takes away from the effect of it, and becomes annoying.
I also have a gripe with the lyrical content of the album. The band would really benefit if they got away from the same lyrics they have used for pretty much every album. How many times is he going to sing about, “breaking,” “shaking,” or “fading?” It would be hilarious to make a word cloud of this band’s lyrics. The band would benefit from exploring new lyrical territory.
Finally, the album’s first few songs suffers the overuse of the Phrygian Harmonic Major scale. It’s like Ben is obsessed with the sound of a flat 2 and 6 in a major key. He can’t get away from it. It’s because of this that I prefer the second half of the album, where they seem to break away from the monotony of basically the same overused chord progressions. Finally, the entire album sounds heavily processed, which I would assume is what they were going for. It’s just not my cup of tea. I’d like to reiterate that I somewhat enjoy the album, however I can’t help but make fun of or laugh at the ridiculous sounding screams, over-the-top processing, and the typically lame lyrical content.
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