Original Sin
by Pandora's Box (US)

Original Sin by Pandora's Box (US)
Year: 1989
Overall rank: 9,948th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 13 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1989 (142nd)
Award Top albums of of the 1980s (1,397th)
Award Best albums of all time (9,948th)

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 9,948th | 1980s rank: 1,397th | 1989 rank: 142nd
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2026svk4everTop 50 Music Albums of 198950/500
2026 FischmanTop 100 Music Albums of 19895/1005
2026 AfterHoursTop 100 Greatest Music Albums59/10040
2026 Patman360Top 86 Music Albums of 198986/860
2025 FischmanTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s30/10014
2024 DommeDamianScaruffi Best Albums of 19892/100 -
2024 ArthurknightTop 100 Music Albums of 198957/1002
2023arnellarsenTop 52 Music Albums of 19891/525
2023GallowtreeTop 45 Music Albums of 19892/455
2022 KalosTop 12 Music Albums of 19897/123
2021Steppenwolf666Top 100 Music Albums of 198961/1002
2020 StefanR10Top 100 Music Albums of 198979/1001
2020GallowtreeTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s48/10011
2019 AfterHoursTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s11/10018
2019PurpleHazelTop 40 Music Albums of 198927/402
2019 Fischman50 Great Albums You've Probably Never Heard Of19/50 -
2018 briggs54Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s53/10010
2016 briggs54Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Snubs8/100 -
2016madiusTop 100 Greatest Music Albums98/1000
2016sonicdiscourse1989 To-Do List15/30 -
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 24
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 122
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71/100 (from 13 votes)
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02/20/2026 06:51 Kinkon99  Ratings distribution  1389/100
 
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02/25/2022 14:40 AdrianW  Ratings distribution  19075/100

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85/100
Classic Jim Steinman (the guy who wrote the songs for Meatloaf, Bonnie Tyler, etc) here. This whole album is full of that glorious, over-the-top bombast that is Steinman. There are some interludes, some filler, and a curiously out-of-place cover of The Doors' 20th Century Fox, but the high points are absolutely essential. Key cuts include Original Sin, Safe Sex, Good Girls Go to Heaven, It's All Coming Back to Me Now (later covered into a hit by Celine Dion), It Just Won't Quit (my personal Favorite), and The Future Ain't What It Used to Be.
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