The Illusion Of Safety
by Thrice
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Thrice bestography
The Illusion Of Safety is ranked 8th best out of 17 albums by Thrice on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Thrice is Beggars which is ranked number 4692 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 304.
(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 Illusion Of Safety track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Illusion Of Safety 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 | blueandthemoon | Top 62 Music Albums of 2002 | 41/62 | 2 |
| 2026 | sunnydhamm | Top 35 Music Albums of 2002 | 25/35 | 2 |
| 2025 |  btener11 | Top 29 Music Albums of 2002 | 28/29 | 0 |
| 2025 |  idiotican | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 64/100 | 7 |
| 2024 |  cestuneblague | Top 100 Music Albums of 2002 | 93/100 | 0 |
| 2023 | sonicdiscourse | 2002 To-Do List | 44/64 | - |
| 2023 | cronadigallina | Top 100 Music Albums of 2002 | 80/100 | 1 |
| 2021 |  RoundTheBend | Top 60 Music Albums of 2002 | 58/60 | 0 |
| 2021 | jlsfourth | Top 10 Thrice Albums | 10/10 | - |
| 2019 | illphil80 | Top 40 Greatest Music Albums | 8/40 | 19 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 19 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 47 | |||
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The Illusion Of Safety ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/18/2026 22:02 | PapaShiz86 | 11,809 | 79/100 |
| ! | 08/27/2025 04:33 | cestuneblague | 8,271 | 80/100 |
| ! | 04/08/2025 21:17 | Robininthetree | 136 | 84/100 |
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 is rated in the top 23% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.5/100, a mean average of 73.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.3.
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The previous review said it perfect. This is a great guitar based rock album. Unfairly lumped in with the screamo bands, thrice has always been much more of a straight ahead rock band, with experimental leanings on later albums. This album isn’t there yet though, this is an in your face rock record. Kinda like a mix of early Metallica with nirvana, then throw in some melodic punk. I don’t know, give it a try, it’s a great album. A big influence on me as a youth.
This album is great, very much energy and a very original yet recognizable sound. They really took the best of Post-Hardcore, Melodic hardcore, Metalcore, Skate Punk and Emo into a great punchy package.
Probably my favorite Thrice album
Really good.
Experimental Hardcore?
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