Past Lives
by Black Sabbath
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Black Sabbath bestography
Past Lives is ranked 25th best out of 49 albums by Black Sabbath on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Black Sabbath is Paranoid which is ranked number 47 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 18,344.
(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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Past Lives track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Past Lives rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 7 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Most listened to albums in August 2022 | 87/99 | - |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | in April 2022 (2 B deleted) | 73/99 | - |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | Top 97 Music Albums of 2002 | 13/97 | 4 |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | Black Sabbath albums ranked best to worst by Classic Rock | 13/24 | - |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | Top albums of the '00's (101- 200) | 27/100 | - |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | Brum Rocks | 40/94 | - |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | Black Sabbath related albums ranked | 9/20 | - |
| 2025 |  jeremy9 | Top 99 Music Albums of 2002 | 81/99 | 1 |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | Heavy | 24/51 | - |
| 2024 | Johnnyo | Stoner rock | 27/51 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 18 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 13 | |||
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Past Lives ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 11/21/2025 10:59 | platus | 5,896 | 74/100 |
| ! | 01/06/2024 16:37 | MaiaLedZep | 93 | 81/100 |
| ! | 12/12/2022 23:25 | MickLord | 3,967 | 70/100 |
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 71.9/100, a mean average of 71.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.2.
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