Black Holes And Revelations
by Muse
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Black Holes And Revelations is ranked 3rd best out of 19 albums by Muse on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Muse is Absolution which is ranked number 188 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 7,802.
(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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Black Holes And Revelations track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Black Holes And Revelations 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 | wizardalien | Muse Studio Albums Ranked | 4/7 | - |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 81 Music Albums of 2006 | 19/81 | 4 |
| 2026 | Kettwig | Top 25 Music Albums of 2006 | 2/25 | 5 |
| 2026 | jonny5244 | Top 46 Music Albums of 2006 | 8/46 | 4 |
| 2026 | Ranger | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 47/100 | 53 |
| 2026 | pjpaul | Top 50 Greatest Music Albums | 11/50 | 74 |
| 2026 | StreakyNuno | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 92/100 | 9 |
| 2026 |  JR | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 96/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 100 Music Albums of 2006 | 6/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | leniad | Top 12 Music Albums of 2006 | 7/12 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 807 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 6,203 | |||
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Black Holes And Revelations ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/06/2026 11:44 | Siromynian | 1,786 | 74/100 |
| ! | 09/27/2026 21:26 | Nifcake | 42 | 88/100 |
| ! | 09/10/2026 15:05 | thenamesbaka | 78 | 85/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.0/100, a mean average of 76.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.5.
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Black Holes And Revelations forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 43 hours ago in Chart of the day (#5461): By steve397 BestEverAlbums 10/05/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5456): By AMEIERBlack Holes And Revelations comments
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TheHolyKiwi TOP 100 COMMENTER 08/23/2014 02:58 | #120188 | TOP COMMENT
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Fantastic album, tied with Absolution behind Origin of Symmetry for Muse's best album. A love the feel to this album and absolutely adore some of the songs like "Knights of Cydonia" and "Map of the Problematique". This album sure deserves a listen from anyone who likes alt rock. (Edited)
Freddie55 TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/17/2009 06:50 | #7698 | TOP COMMENT
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I have to go against the crowd and state that I find this album much more enjoyable to listen to than Origin of Symmetry and Absolution. I found Origin of Symmetry somewhat flat and I found Absolution too grandiose and rather one-dimensional. By the end of Absolution every song sounded like one big blurry crescendo to me. In Black Holes and Revelations, Muse lets their feak flag fly. Every song is unique and the album is ever changing direction. Sure Muse "borrows" unapologetically from other artists but that just adds to the fun of this creation.
Mdemauri 07/24/2014 16:22 | #117673 | TOP COMMENT
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Grandiose - yes. Over the top - yes. I love this album. This is Muse channeling Queen and ELO at their bombastic best.
Utterly gargantuan. There are certainly flaws here, but they don't affect it too much as they seem to be buried under the sheer size of the thing
Back in the day I liked this a lot. Flows together yet at the same time it is all individual songs. Starlight and Supermassive do their jobs fine. Invincible has a guitar part which I swore was great until I came back to it. The drums on City Of Delusion are also a highlight. The album cover so fits the album's overall sound too. Seems to be a considered a modern classic but I don't enjoy it like I once did. (Edited)
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