Reckoning Night
by Sonata Arctica
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Sonata Arctica bestography
Reckoning Night is ranked 4th best out of 12 albums by Sonata Arctica on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Sonata Arctica is Ecliptica which is ranked number 9081 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 136.
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Reckoning Night track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Reckoning Night rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Top 55 Music Albums of 2004 | 32/55 | 2 |
| 2026 | RockyRaccoon | Power Metal | 50/90 | - |
| 2026 |  Helios | Top 100 Music Albums of 2004 | 61/100 | 2 |
| 2021 |  Vaggelis | Top 99 Music Albums of 2004 | 42/99 | 3 |
| 2013 | pseudofox | Top 40 Greatest Music Albums | 11/40 | - |
| 2013 | RupertRonco | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 63/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 6 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 7 | |||
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Reckoning Night ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/21/2023 03:55 | Helios | 6,259 | 69/100 |
| ! | 08/17/2022 23:13 | IchabodCrane81 | 18 | 87/100 |
| ! | 08/15/2022 12:30 | KarenJhonson74 | 26 | 89/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.9/100, a mean average of 79.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.0.
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TheRadioCure 08/14/2022 23:45 | #288488
One of my favourite metal albums. I was so surprised at the amount depth this album has in it's lyrics. White Pearls, Black Oceans.. is one of the most beautiful sad songs i've ever heard ! Good stuff. Sonata Artica is a wonderful band and this is their best album.
Fantastic power metal album and the best Sonata Artica album, so full of emotion, great melodies and the bands best lyrics and storytelling.. the band just kills it here and Tony Kakko is soo good. There's just something magical about this one. Love it !
Pretty impressive album. I like the guitars and the vocals. Has a sort of computer game soundtrack thing going on. Best song would probably be Reckoning Day, Reckoning Night.
Don't Say a Word and My Selene, two of the band's best songs, and White Pearl, Black Oceans is their opus magnus.
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