Symptom Of The Universe: The Original Black Sabbath 1970–1978 (compilation album)
by Black Sabbath

Year	Source	Chart	Rank	Rank Score
2021	lwarner	Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s	89/100	2
2012	ponkine	Top 50 Greatest Music Albums	33/50	-
		Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in.		2
		Total Rank Score: The total rank score.		2

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80/100 !	07/22/2025 18:56	LosWochos	46,611	75/100
90/100 !	03/29/2022 09:44	Goliath	781	82/100
90/100 !	02/18/2022 19:46	mostlymor	6,739	79/100
80/100 !	06/11/2021 22:01	UofTBlues	3,572	71/100
90/100 !	03/20/2021 11:18	Johnnyo	9,485	77/100

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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 80.1/100, a mean average of 84.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 84.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.0.

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