The Book Of Secrets
by Loreena McKennitt
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Loreena McKennitt bestography
The Book Of Secrets is ranked 3rd best out of 21 albums by Loreena McKennitt on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Loreena McKennitt is The Visit which is ranked number 3139 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 488.
(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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The Book Of Secrets track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Book Of Secrets rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum year 1997 Pt 2 | 6/53 | - |
| 2026 | MrOlan | Top 99 Greatest Music Albums | 50/99 | 50 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1997 Pt 2 | 9/86 | - |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 1997 | 59/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | Jaymantheman | Top 34 Music Albums of 1997 | 22/34 | 2 |
| 2026 |  DommeDamian | Scaruffi Best Albums of 1997 | 47/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 90 Music Albums of 1997 | 49/90 | 2 |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 11/100 | 18 |
| 2026 |  jeremy9 | Top 93 Music Albums of 1997 | 6/93 | 5 |
| 2026 | zags7000 | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 47/100 | 51 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 44 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 252 | |||
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The Book Of Secrets ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/07/2026 04:42 | MrOlan | 961 | 76/100 |
| ! | 05/28/2026 11:12 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,315 | 70/100 |
| ! | 12/11/2025 03:20 |  Kingturtle | 7,579 | 73/100 |
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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 75.0/100, a mean average of 74.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.4.
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Fischman TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/16/2018 02:41 | #227231 | TOP COMMENT
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If you could have just one Loreena McKennitt album, this should probably be it. It shows her in all her strengths including singing, composing and musical scholarship. It has some diversity and is a pleasure to listen to throughout.
There are some really nice moments here, but sadly there second half is full of nothing memorable.
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