The Power To Believe
by King Crimson
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King Crimson bestography
The Power To Believe is ranked 13th best out of 101 albums by King Crimson on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by King Crimson is In The Court Of The Crimson King (An Observation By King Crimson) which is ranked number 26 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 26,332.
(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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The Power To Believe track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Power To Believe 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 | saltysurprise | Top 45 Music Albums of 2003 | 19/45 | 3 |
| 2026 | bonnequestion | Best albums from '95 to '04 | 39/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Helios | Top 100 Music Albums of 2003 | 52/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 2003 | 94/100 | 0 |
| 2026 | Gallowtree | Top 38 Music Albums of 2003 | 33/38 | 1 |
| 2026 | bonnequestion | My Favorite Prog-Rock Albums | 44/100 | - |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 86 Music Albums of the 2000s | 74/86 | 3 |
| 2026 | bonnequestion | Top 37 Music Albums of 2003 | 6/37 | 4 |
| 2026 | bonnequestion | Best UK Albums | 84/100 | - |
| 2026 | bonnequestion | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 43/100 | 12 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 65 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 209 | |||
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The Power To Believe ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/03/2026 20:31 | Helios | 6,273 | 69/100 |
| ! | 06/24/2026 05:03 | juanr1096 | 6,346 | 78/100 |
| ! | 06/03/2026 06:41 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,645 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 6% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.5/100, a mean average of 74.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.3.
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Tracks 2 and 4 are the sickest sci-fi dark progressive music I've ever heard. Puts Tool to shame. Completely groundbreaking music. The other 4 real songs are really cool too. Some filler on the album unfortunately.
King Crimson is always worth a listen.
This is a very strong album. Any Crimson fan who likes Larks Tongue in Aspic, Red, Discipline should listen to this one.
If anything, this album isn't pushing any musical boundaries anymore. As they used to do. Although there is a blend of ambience and KC rock. That. admittedly, is unique. (Edited)
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