The Final Experiment
by Ayreon
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Ayreon bestography
The Final Experiment is ranked 3rd best out of 17 albums by Ayreon on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Ayreon is Into The Electric Castle (A Space Opera) which is ranked number 6605 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 200.
(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 Final Experiment track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Final Experiment rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  jeremy9 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1995 | 93/100 | 0 |
| 2026 | steve397 | Top 68 Music Albums of the 1990s | 28/68 | 12 |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 100 Music Albums of 1995 | 1/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | steve397 | Top 9 Music Albums of 1995 | 5/9 | 3 |
| 2025 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1995 | 42/100 | 3 |
| 2024 | stevengnz | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 4/100 | 19 |
| 2023 |  MW19704U | Top 100 Music Albums of 1995 | 72/100 | 1 |
| 2023 |  AlexSVK | Top 10 Music Albums of 1995 | 10/10 | 1 |
| 2023 | stevengnz | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 8/100 | 67 |
| 2018 | Fischman | Best Prog of the 1990s | 54/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 14 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 118 | |||
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The Final Experiment ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 09/23/2026 07:06 | jeremy9 | 3,812 | 70/100 |
| ! | 08/23/2026 18:26 | cicadelic | 14,069 | 73/100 |
| ! | 04/30/2026 09:40 | steve397 | 513 | 75/100 |
Rating metrics:
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 67.3/100, a mean average of 65.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 65.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.0.
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By far, Arjen Lucassen's finest moment. Shame the original tapes have disappeared :-(
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