Somewhere Far Beyond
by Blind Guardian

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Somewhere Far Beyond by Blind Guardian
Year: 1992
Overall rank: 11,481st   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 41 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1992 (184th)
Award Top albums of of the 1990s (1,832nd)
Award Best albums of all time (11,481st)

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Blind Guardian bestography

Somewhere Far Beyond is ranked 4th best out of 16 albums by Blind Guardian on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Blind Guardian is Nightfall In Middle-Earth which is ranked number 4130 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 353.

Blind Guardian album bestography « Higher ranked (10,189th)
Tales From The Twilight World This album (11,481st)
Somewhere Far Beyond Lower ranked (21,367th) »
Beyond The Red Mirror

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Somewhere Far Beyond rankings summary
Overall rank: 11,481st | 1990s rank: 1,832nd | 1992 rank: 184th  Overall chart history
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Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 41 votes)
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 !		3 days ago MrOlan  Ratings distribution  95776/100
 
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This album is rated in the top 6% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.7/100, a mean average of 76.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.4.


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From 03/23/2016 20:01 | #162390
a super-underrated metal masterpiece. two words that would accurately describe this album are: frantic and intense! great musicianship, love it!
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