The Serpent Is Rising
by Styx
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Styx bestography
The Serpent Is Rising is ranked 12th best out of 39 albums by Styx on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Styx is The Grand Illusion which is ranked number 1870 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 889.
(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 Serpent Is Rising track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Serpent Is Rising rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 | 86/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 | 3/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Worst Albums I’ve Listened To | 41/59 | - |
| 2026 | AAL2014 | 1973: #101-200 | 13/15 | - |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 25/100 | 15 |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Progressive Rock Pt. 5 | 25/56 | - |
| 2025 |  ExTeaSea | F2LF: Styx | 11/13 | - |
| 2025 | AAL2014 | Styx: So Far.. | 8/8 | - |
| 2025 | ExTeaSea | Top 88 Music Albums of 1973 | 71/88 | 1 |
| 2023 |  phantom1305 | Top 50 Music Albums of 1973 | 49/50 | 0 |
| 2023 | Daredevil42 | Top 52 Music Albums of 1973 | 22/52 | 3 |
| 2023 | stevengnz | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 89/100 | 9 |
| 2021 | davespeckler1990 | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 99/100 | 1 |
| 2019 | ReelBigToph | Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 | 81/100 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 14 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 37 | |||
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The Serpent Is Rising ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| 12/23/2025 03:33 | RockyRaccoon | 6,870 | 84/100 | |
| 05/04/2025 00:31 | machiaj | 805 | 71/100 | |
| 03/03/2025 05:28 | AAL2014 | 3,651 | 75/100 | |
| 04/30/2024 15:38 | Philly28 | 905 | 69/100 | |
| 05/27/2023 20:13 |  zags7000 | 20,410 | 64/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 61.8/100, a mean average of 58.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 58.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.4.
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llibnanoon 06/04/2020 19:47 | #252853
That was terrible. Highlight is the last 20 seconds of Krakotoa which is used in Lucas Films THX.
I was very excited when I got hold of this record a long time ago because I had never seen it before. After listening to it was disappointed. Stick with Pieces of Eight.
Easily Styx' best Wooden Nickel record. Wonderful tracks such as Witch Wolf, The Grove Of Eglantine, Young Man, 22 Years and The Serpent Is Rising that deserve to be heard live (does anyone have a live recording of these tracks (besides 22 Years)?
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