Ashes Against The Grain (studio album)
by Agalloch

Ashes Against The Grain by Agalloch
Year: 2006
Release date: 2006-08-08
Overall rank: 3,856th   
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 112 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2006 (68th)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (661st)
Award Best albums of all time (3,856th)

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Agalloch bestography

Ashes Against The Grain is ranked 2nd best out of 9 albums by Agalloch on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Agalloch is The Mantle which is ranked number 1335 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,285.

Agalloch album bestography « Higher ranked (1,335th)
The Mantle
This album (3,856th)
Ashes Against The Grain
Lower ranked (5,034th) »
Marrow Of The Spirit

(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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Ashes Against The Grain 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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Ashes Against The Grain rankings

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Overall rank: 3,856th | 2000s rank: 661st | 2006 rank: 68th

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Ashes Against The Grain ratings

Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 112 votes)
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11/28/2025 20:58 Exist-en-ciel   4,87570/100
 
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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 77.8/100, a mean average of 77.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.1.

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From 07/03/2015 01:50 | #145022
Absolutely brilliant album, gives me chills every listen, a close second behind "The Mantle". Not quite as good but a pioneering work by the band, the album consists of some of their greatest work with ground-shattering tracks like "Limbs" or "Unlike the Waves".
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From 11/19/2014 20:47 | #127443
Wow, this album really caught me off guard. First time listening to it and was blown away! Just epic and beautiful throughout
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From 05/08/2014 19:44 | #111199
I'm astounded by this album's mood. Very catchy.
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From 03/18/2014 02:05 | #106632
"Fire Above, Ice Below" is STELLAR
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