Wasteland
by Riverside (PL)
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Riverside (PL) bestography
Wasteland is ranked 8th best out of 16 albums by Riverside (PL) on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Riverside (PL) is Second Life Syndrome which is ranked number 3124 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 489.
(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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Wasteland track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Wasteland rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 100 Music Albums of 2018 | 8/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 63 Music Albums of 2018 | 5/63 | 5 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 100/100 | 0 |
| 2026 |  sssvnnn | Top 79 Music Albums of 2018 | 76/79 | 0 |
| 2026 |  Rhyner | Top 30 Music Albums of 2018 | 27/30 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Top 100 Music Albums of 2018 | 85/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | ExTeaSea | Top 88 Music Albums of 2018 | 15/88 | 4 |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | Albums of the year 2018 by Metal Storm | 6/20 | - |
| 2025 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 2018 | 61/100 | 2 |
| 2025 | pinkfreud1981 | Top 12 Music Albums of 2018 | 12/12 | 0 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 29 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 71 | |||
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Wasteland ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/11/2026 17:15 | TonySayers61 | 25,721 | 64/100 |
| ! | 08/04/2025 00:17 | Skerns | 5,217 | 80/100 |
| ! | 02/16/2025 15:36 |  MagicSix | 1,120 | 60/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.8/100, a mean average of 76.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 8.5.
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Wasteland forum mentions
jeremy9 10/28/2019 17:19 in What album are you listening to right now?
baystateoftheart 07/29/2019 00:23 in Round 1: Kids See Ghosts v. RiversideWasteland comments
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ExTeaSea TOP 100 COMMENTER 03/15/2019 16:31 | #233587
The dark side of Riverside. Not comparing it to a certain album just saying it's darker and heavier then what I'm use to with this band and I love it. Probably their best since their first three albums.
Yes, after their guitarist tragically died, Riverside somewhat return to their harder sound from their beginnings, with some great tracks like "Vale of Tears" and the ballad "River Down Below", while we find a weak instrumental compared to their standards in track 6 and others which sound fine but nothing special.
In short, in this new era I think they need to establish their sound and this can be a good transition album towards that.
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