Imploding The Mirage
by The Killers
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The Killers bestography
Imploding The Mirage is ranked 7th best out of 11 albums by The Killers on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Killers is Hot Fuss which is ranked number 214 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 7,139.
(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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Imploding The Mirage track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Imploding The Mirage rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Taka | Top 36 Music Albums of the 2020s | 33/36 | 2 |
| 2026 | Museman | Top 45 Music Albums of the 2020s | 39/45 | 3 |
| 2026 | Timooosterink | Top 84 Music Albums of the 2020s | 67/84 | 4 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Albums of the year 2020 by The Forty Five | 21/45 | - |
| 2026 | joathome | Top 93 Music Albums of 2020 | 5/93 | 5 |
| 2026 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 2020 | 2/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | top albums, #2301-2400* | 3/82 | - |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 2020 | 84/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 36 Music Albums of 2020 | 31/36 | 1 |
| 2026 | Springsteen | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 98/100 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 105 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 310 | |||
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Imploding The Mirage ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/30/2026 02:30 | Proto | 4,264 | 33/100 |
| ! | 07/16/2026 06:51 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,521 | 70/100 |
| ! | 06/25/2026 13:11 | cicadelic | 13,800 | 73/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 69.8/100, a mean average of 69.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 69.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.3.
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Forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 07/14/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5373): By desh79
pedro1976 08/26/2022 11:48 in What album are you listening to right now?Imploding The Mirage comments
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Hot take: Imploding the Mirage is the Killers' masterpiece. Hot Fuzz is a great debut with some huge singles, but loses steam in the second half. Sam's Town is magnificent, and formerly my favorite Killers record. Imploding the Mirage is ten straight bangers. Some tracks sound absolutely huge (My Own Soul's Warning, Dying Breed, Caution) and some sneak up on you (Fire and Bone, Running Towards a Place, My God) but not a moment is a wasted. Home run. (Edited)
A return to form after the (not so) Wonderful, Wonderful
Brad1770 10/18/2020 02:40 | #259391
This cracking album confirms it once and for all that The Killers are back baby backing up 2017’s wonderful ‘Wonder Wonderful’ (pun intended) with a release just as good and maybe better
The Killers may have just saved 2020, bless you Brandon
Some good moments but it's not a great record.
Daydreamer 08/30/2020 17:03 | #257590 | TOP COMMENT
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So so so so good. This is just an incredibly consistent and energetic record. I was doubful because the singles didn't really make and impression outside of Caution, but they sound so much better in the context of the album. The album has a really nice flow, a strong overall theme and tone, which something that was lacking from the last couple of releases. Both Day & Age and Battle Born had stronger singles, but as an album this is probably their third best, right after the first two classics.
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