How Strange, Innocence
by Explosions In The Sky
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Explosions In The Sky bestography
How Strange, Innocence is ranked 6th best out of 10 albums by Explosions In The Sky on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Explosions In The Sky is The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place which is ranked number 671 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,559.
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How Strange, Innocence track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
How Strange, Innocence rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | vruslov | Top 95 Music Albums of 2000 | 74/95 | 1 |
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 80 Music Albums of 2000 | 19/80 | 4 |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Post-Rock | 99/100 | - |
| 2026 | TastyandTemptin | Top 23 Music Albums of 2000 | 9/23 | 3 |
| 2026 | Rm12398 | Top 32 Music Albums of 2000 | 8/32 | 4 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 52 Music Albums of 2000 | 34/52 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Repo | Top 50 Music Albums of 2000 | 44/50 | 1 |
| 2026 | Rm12398 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 72/100 | 6 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 78 Music Albums of 2000 | 27/78 | 3 |
| 2026 | RockyRaccoon | Top 39 Music Albums of 2000 | 24/39 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 57 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 125 | |||
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How Strange, Innocence ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/04/2026 02:52 | dhbarrett | 8,775 | 65/100 |
| ! | 08/25/2026 19:34 | radio-head | 538 | 82/100 |
| ! | 06/22/2026 20:28 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,671 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 8% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.1/100, a mean average of 74.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.4.
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How Strange, Innocence forum mentions
Repo 06/15/2026 00:02 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) Repo 09/19/2023 18:01 in What album are you listening to right now?How Strange, Innocence comments
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luigybetis TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/06/2016 14:27 | #165329 | TOP COMMENT
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I didn't really expect much because of the average ratings, but this album is not average at all. This prog-rock album reminds me of the great 20th century prog-rock geniuses, as Pink Floyd or Rush... Everyone should definitely give a listen to this album.
This is their best album IMO, I like the rest too though... but why is this one rated so low!
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