The Final Experiment
by Ayreon
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Ayreon bestography
The Final Experiment is ranked 4th best out of 16 albums by Ayreon on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Ayreon is The Human Equation which is ranked number 6582 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 196.
(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 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Final Experiment rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | stevengnz | Top 100 Music Albums of 1995 | 1/100 | 5 |
| 2025 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1995 | 42/100 | 3 |
| 2025 | steve397 | Top 58 Music Albums of the 1990s | 22/58 | 13 |
| 2024 | stevengnz | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 4/100 | 19 |
| 2024 | steve397 | Top 6 Music Albums of 1995 | 3/6 | 3 |
| 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 | 74 |
| 2018 | Fischman | Best Prog of the 1990s | 54/100 | - |
| 2017 | Fischman | Greatest Progressive Metal Albums | 87/100 | - |
| 2017 |  JoSt | Top 52 Music Albums of 1995 | 39/52 | 1 |
| 2014 |  Vaggelis | Top 100 Music Albums of 1995 | 75/100 | 1 |
| 1995 | OOR | Jaarlijst Oor 1995 | 38/100 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 13 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 125 | |||
The Final Experiment collection
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The Final Experiment 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).
AV = the site mean average rating.
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 01/30/2025 09:39 | TonySayers61 | 23,363 | 64/100 |
| ! | 10/14/2024 10:23 | steve397 | 462 | 75/100 |
| ! | 01/18/2023 12:58 | AlexSVK | 1,087 | 62/100 |
| ! | 08/11/2022 14:04 | Fischman | 11,846 | 66/100 |
| ! | 12/24/2019 17:54 | Kreator82 | 1,114 | 75/100 |
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 has a Bayesian average rating of 68.6/100, a mean average of 66.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 66.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.8.
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By far, Arjen Lucassen's finest moment. Shame the original tapes have disappeared :-(
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