Sex & Religion
by Steve Vai
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Steve Vai bestography
Sex & Religion is ranked 2nd best out of 18 albums by Steve Vai on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Steve Vai is Passion And Warfare which is ranked number 4945 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 286.
(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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Sex & Religion track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Sex & Religion rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  jeremy9 | Top 90 Music Albums of 1993 | 31/90 | 3 |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | 1993 2nd chart | 23/51 | - |
| 2025 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1993 | 42/100 | 3 |
| 2025 | DJStuart79 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1993 | 27/100 | 4 |
| 2023 |  MW19704U | Top 100 Music Albums of 1993 | 63/100 | 2 |
| 2021 |  mrblond | Top 35 Music Albums of 1993 | 32/35 | 1 |
| 2020 | panapsal | Top 100 Music Albums of 1993 | 30/100 | 4 |
| 2016 | sandford | Top 20 Greatest Music Albums | 12/20 | 1 |
| 2016 | iancrockert141 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 11/100 | 18 |
| 2016 | iancrockert141 | Top 35 Music Albums of 1993 | 5/35 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 12 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 40 | |||
Sex & Religion collection
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Sex & Religion ratings
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AVwhere:
av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating.
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 12/08/2025 01:19 |  Kingturtle | 7,579 | 73/100 |
| ! | 10/11/2023 08:39 | jeremy9 | 3,812 | 70/100 |
| ! | 08/22/2023 22:03 | Adhura | 1,732 | 77/100 |
Rating metrics:
Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.0/100, a mean average of 69.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 69.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.4.
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Sex & Religion comments
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It's such a comedown from Passion & Warfare. Devin Townsend's vocals are not my cup of tea at all. Can't fault the guitar work but, overall, it just sounds like any early 90s metal record. Steve Vai's guitar is never average but the album is.
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