Eternity
by Anathema
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Anathema bestography
Eternity is ranked 9th best out of 21 albums by Anathema on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Anathema is Weather Systems which is ranked number 3122 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 491.
(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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Eternity track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Eternity rankings
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 6 hours ago).
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  jeremy9 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1996 | 79/100 | 1 |
| 2025 |  doombringer | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 82/100 | 4 |
| 2024 | FieryGunHand | Top 25 Music Albums of 1996 | 16/25 | 2 |
| 2019 |  NickGordons | Top 52 Music Albums of the 1990s | 41/52 | 5 |
| 2018 | zygmuntkaczmar | Top 40 Greatest Music Albums | 3/40 | 14 |
| 2017 |  JoSt | Top 77 Music Albums of 1996 | 33/77 | 3 |
| 2016 | Tobias273 | Top 71 Music Albums of the 1990s | 37/71 | 10 |
| 2016 |  Kaiser | Top 40 Music Albums of 1996 | 25/40 | 2 |
| 2015 |  btener11 | Best Ever Metal Albums | 75/92 | - |
| 2014 |  Vaggelis | Top 100 Music Albums of 1996 | 19/100 | 4 |
| 2012 | btener11 | Top 50 Music Albums of 1996 | 25/50 | 3 |
| 2012 | btener11 | Best Ever Doom | 13/50 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 12 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 47 | |||
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Eternity 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).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 03/18/2026 15:53 |  luigybetis | 1,546 | 87/100 |
| ! | 04/09/2025 17:42 | TonySayers61 | 25,052 | 64/100 |
| ! | 12/14/2024 12:36 | doombringer | 2,311 | 75/100 |
| ! | 11/07/2024 03:11 | dhbarrett | 8,584 | 65/100 |
| ! | 08/01/2022 00:03 |  zags7000 | 20,565 | 64/100 |
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 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.6/100, a mean average of 77.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.2.
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doombringer 03/09/2025 12:10 | #307937
This gem is so underrated .... still got goosebumps after all these years . One of the best albums of the nineties
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