Tyranny
by Shadow Gallery
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Shadow Gallery bestography
Tyranny is ranked as the best album by Shadow Gallery.
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Tyranny track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Tyranny rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 100 Music Albums of 1998 | 2/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Albums of the year 1998 by Metal Storm | 12/20 | - |
| 2025 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1998 | 36/100 | 3 |
| 2024 | stevengnz | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 5/100 | 19 |
| 2023 | stevengnz | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 10/100 | 69 |
| 2023 |  MW19704U | Top 100 Music Albums of 1998 | 49/100 | 3 |
| 2018 | Imaybeparanoid | Top 100 Music Albums of 1998 | 89/100 | 1 |
| 2018 | Fischman | Best Prog of the 1990s | 40/100 | - |
| 2016 |  Kaiser | Top 40 Music Albums of 1998 | 37/40 | 1 |
| 2014 |  Vaggelis | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 45/100 | 11 |
| 2014 | gelud | Top 56 Music Albums of the 1990s | 41/56 | 6 |
| 2014 | Vaggelis | Top 100 Music Albums of 1998 | 2/100 | 5 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 12 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 121 | |||
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Tyranny ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| 04/08/2026 02:02 | SethGunde | 368 | 73/100 | |
| 03/16/2025 14:40 |  doombringer | 2,280 | 75/100 | |
| 03/07/2025 12:22 | TonySayers61 | 24,796 | 64/100 | |
| 03/07/2025 05:03 | stevengnz | 2,611 | 73/100 | |
| 09/30/2023 09:22 | Moondance | 20,523 | 72/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.4/100, a mean average of 72.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.6.
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jeremy9 10/10/2019 06:45 | #243603
Very good progressive album with concept story.
Shadow Gallery's third album is a concept album about a defense worker's search for meaning after becoming disenchanted with his job. The music is somewhat softer than it was on Carved in Stone, but has much the same sound and the same intricate production. Guest vocalists James LaBrie of Dream Theater and DC Cooper of Royal Hunt add their talents to this album. As with other Shadow Gallery albums, this album features a good mix of fast and slow and long and short songs. Everything on the album is well written, performed and produced. The featured tracks of the album would seem to be the two longest, "I Believe" and "New World Order" which feature LaBrie and Cooper, respectively. However, Tyranny is an album that flows so well that it's difficult to think of songs individually.
Yes, another concept album. But this one is good (like Operation Mindcrime and the Ayreon cds). It has a story line which is still applicable today. Their first album was great but the production poor (guys re-record the drum tracks with a real drummer please!). The second album lifts the production standards but falls a little short in content. This one has both - great production and great tunes. And a great ending (I won't tell you what happens in case you want to listen to the album).
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