The Spectre Within
by Fates Warning
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Fates Warning bestography
The Spectre Within is ranked 11th best out of 16 albums by Fates Warning on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Fates Warning is Parallels which is ranked number 5947 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 229.
(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 Spectre Within track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Spectre Within rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  jeremy9 | Top 53 Music Albums of 1985 | 21/53 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Repo | Rank 'Em: Fates Warning | 1/6 | - |
| 2026 | SethGunde | Top 2 Music Albums of 1985 | 1/2 | 5 |
| 2025 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1985 | 31/100 | 4 |
| 2025 | Repo | The Essentials: '80s Metal | 2/5 | - |
| 2025 | Unaguma | Top 10 Music Albums of 1985 | 4/10 | 4 |
| 2025 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1985 | 68/100 | 2 |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | The albums that invented Progressive Metal by goldminemag | 7/20 | - |
| 2024 |  MW19704U | Top 100 Music Albums of 1985 | 32/100 | 3 |
| 2023 | Repo | 1985: Metal | 3/73 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 21 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 33 | |||
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The Spectre Within ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/08/2026 14:37 | mizzle | 1,554 | 82/100 |
| ! | 02/23/2025 20:32 | TonySayers61 | 25,628 | 64/100 |
| ! | 08/29/2024 14:56 |  Special | 3,026 | 72/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.0/100, a mean average of 80.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.0.
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Repo 10/23/2023 03:29 in Rank 'Em: The Beach BoysThe Spectre Within comments
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jeremy9 10/24/2019 06:35 | #244064
Good introduction to later music
Fischman 12/05/2018 22:22 | #226313
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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