Gutter Ballet
by Savatage
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Gutter Ballet is ranked 2nd best out of 15 albums by Savatage on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Savatage is Hall Of The Mountain King which is ranked number 4225 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 344.
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Gutter Ballet track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Gutter Ballet rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 1 hour ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Best prog metal albums of the 80's ranked by Loudwire | 9/11 | - |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1989 | 46/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | mrfloosak | Top 73 Music Albums of 1989 | 71/73 | 0 |
| 2026 | saltysurprise | Top 67 Music Albums of 1989 | 60/67 | 1 |
| 2026 | svk4ever | Top 50 Music Albums of 1989 | 18/50 | 3 |
| 2026 | SethGunde | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 16/100 | 81 |
| 2026 |  Strangel | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 87/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | SethGunde | Top 2 Music Albums of 1989 | 1/2 | 5 |
| 2026 |  jeremy9 | Top 89 Music Albums of 1989 | 29/89 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1989 | 87/100 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 28 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 201 | |||
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Gutter Ballet ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/14/2026 15:02 | Adhura | 1,727 | 77/100 |
| ! | 06/24/2026 15:00 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,620 | 70/100 |
| ! | 02/19/2026 20:43 | saltysurprise | 2,960 | 83/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 7% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.2/100, a mean average of 74.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.8.
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What a record, looking at Streams in Spotify or Apple Music ... maybe one of the most underrated metal albums of all time.
Not one bad or repetitive song. Vocals, Mix, Production, Guitars, ... everything on point.
Gutter Ballet is maybe the best song they ever wrote. Of Rage and War, When the Crowds are gone, Hounds, Unholy, Shes in Love, Mentally Yours all are equally great but differ enough from each other.
The Rest with Temptation Revelation, Silk and Steel, Summers Rain, Thorazine Shuffle are a little bit worse but only compared to the exceptional rest, on a "normal" metal record it would still be more than great songs.
In my opinion even better than the Hall of the Mountain King... (Edited)
After the Hall of the Mountain King, there were great expectations with this release. Overall it isn't as strong as HOTMK. It is considerably more "theatrical" and Jon Oliva's vocals become a bit grating.
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