Original Sin
by Pandora's Box (US)

Original Sin by Pandora's Box (US)
Year: 1989
Overall rank: 6,218th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 14 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1989 (84th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (910th)
Award Best albums of all time (6,218th)

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Overall rank: 6,218th | 1980s rank: 910th | 1989 rank: 84th
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2026 FischmanTop 100 Music Albums of 19895/1005
2026 AfterHoursTop 100 Greatest Music Albums59/10042
2026svk4everTop 50 Music Albums of 198949/500
2025 FischmanTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s30/10014
2025 melisandreTop 100 Greatest Music Albums10/10087
2024 ArthurknightTop 100 Music Albums of 198957/1002
2024 DommeDamianScaruffi Best Albums of 19892/100 -
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
2020GallowtreeTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s48/10011
2020 StefanR10Top 100 Music Albums of 198979/1001
2019 Fischman50 Great Albums You've Probably Never Heard Of19/50 -
2019 AfterHoursTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s11/10018
2019PurpleHazelTop 40 Music Albums of 198927/402
2018 briggs54Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s53/10010
2016sonicdiscourse1989 To-Do List15/30 -
2016 briggs54Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Snubs8/100 -
2016madiusTop 100 Greatest Music Albums98/1000
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 24
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 211
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72/100 (from 14 votes)
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02/20/2026 06:51 Kinkon99  Ratings distribution  692/100
 
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10/10/2025 08:05 melisandre  Ratings distribution  15188/100
 
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03/27/2022 16:13 Kalos  Ratings distribution  1,15777/100

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From 01/12/2017 00:02 | #182316
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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