The Spectre Within (studio album) by Fates Warning
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Fates Warning bestography
The Spectre Within is ranked 13th best out of 16 albums by Fates Warning on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Fates Warning is Parallels which is ranked number 5331 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 255.
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The Spectre Within track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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The Spectre Within rankings
All 16 charts that this album appears in:
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 |  jeremy9 | Top 48 Music Albums of 1985 | 20/48 | 3 |
| 2024 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1985 | 29/100 | 4 |
| 2024 |  MW19704U | Top 100 Music Albums of 1985 | 32/100 | 3 |
| 2023 |  mickilennial | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 94/100 | 1 |
| 2023 |  Repo | No Bullshit: Repo's Top Metal Albums! | 24/100 | - |
| 2023 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1985 | 68/100 | 2 |
| 2023 | Repo | 1985: Metal | 3/73 | - |
| 2023 | sonicdiscourse | 1985 To-Do List | 68/94 | - |
| 2022 | NHGRANITE | Top 100 Music Albums of 1985 | 23/100 | 4 |
| 2022 | LosWochos | Top 99 Music Albums of 1985 | 81/99 | 1 |
| 2021 | Fischman | Fates Warning Albums Ranked | 14/16 | - |
| 2021 | Deckiller | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 89/100 | 2 |
| 2021 | Deckiller | Top 10 Music Albums of 1985 | 10/10 | 1 |
| 2020 | jeremy9 | Best Fates Warning's Album | 13/16 | - |
| 2019 | Fischman | My Top Metal Albums of 1985 | 1/10 | - |
| 2014 |  Vaggelis | Top 100 Music Albums of 1985 | 32/100 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 16 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 24 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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60/100  | 02/23/2025 20:32 | TonySayers61 | | 64/100 |
70/100 | 08/29/2024 14:56 |  Special | | 72/100 |
85/100 | 04/13/2023 17:01 |  MetalMan67 | | 71/100 |
90/100 | 03/23/2023 06:46 | mickilennial | | 91/100 |
75/100 | 03/06/2023 04:05 | Fevernova | | 82/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.7/100, a mean average of 79.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.0.
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jeremy9 10/24/2019 06:35
Good introduction to later music
Fischman 12/05/2018 22:22
Marginally better than the debut, but still a long way from what the band would become, this is a good addition to the collection of a 80s metalhead or Fates Warning completist, but otherwise not essential.
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