Wasteland
by Riverside (PL)
Condition: Good
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 3059 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 500.
(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).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| 08/04/2025 00:17 | Skerns | 5,098 | 80/100 | |
| 02/16/2025 15:36 | 1,011 | 60/100 | ||
| 09/01/2023 09:18 | 587 | 81/100 | ||
| 05/08/2023 20:28 | 5,208 | 83/100 | ||
| 03/11/2023 18:38 | 6,990 | 59/100 |
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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 77.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 8.6.
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Very good progressive album
melodic progressive rock
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.
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.
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