Actual Fantasy (studio album)
by Ayreon
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Ayreon bestography
Actual Fantasy is ranked 8th best out of 16 albums by Ayreon on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Ayreon is The Human Equation which is ranked number 6535 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 197.
(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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Actual Fantasy track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Actual Fantasy rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | stevengnz | Top 100 Music Albums of 1996 | 2/100 | 5 |
| 2025 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1996 | 41/100 | 3 |
| 2024 | stevengnz | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 18/100 | 17 |
| 2023 |  AlexSVK | Top 10 Music Albums of 1996 | 7/10 | 2 |
| 2023 | stevengnz | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 53/100 | 39 |
| 2018 | Fischman | Best Prog of the 1990s | 58/100 | - |
| 2017 | Fischman | Greatest Progressive Metal Albums | 91/100 | - |
| 1996 | OOR | Jaarlijst Oor 1996 | 64/100 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 8 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 67 | |||
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Actual Fantasy ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 05/18/2024 11:45 | cicadelic | 11,261 | 73/100 |
| ! | 12/28/2023 11:18 | Kreator82 | 1,114 | 75/100 |
| ! | 04/07/2023 11:28 |  MW19704U | 6,990 | 59/100 |
| ! | 01/18/2023 12:58 | AlexSVK | 1,087 | 62/100 |
| ! | 09/18/2022 07:47 |  zags7000 | 20,396 | 64/100 |
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album has a Bayesian average rating of 67.6/100, a mean average of 63.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 63.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.3.
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This tracklisting is for the remixed album which has real drums and slightly rearranged recordings. The original is better in my opinion - while it uses drum machines, this is not necessarily a bad thing - it is a futuristic album after all. Has the Ayreon name but should not be compared with other Ayreon releases.
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