This Strange Engine
by Marillion
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Marillion bestography
This Strange Engine is ranked 15th best out of 41 albums by Marillion on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Marillion is Misplaced Childhood which is ranked number 636 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,676.
(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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This Strange Engine track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
This Strange Engine rankings
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 3 hours ago).
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  jeremy9 | Top 93 Music Albums of 1997 | 52/93 | 2 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1997 Pt 2 | 74/86 | - |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 100 Music Albums of 1997 | 49/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 90 Music Albums of 1997 | 90/90 | 0 |
| 2025 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1997 | 64/100 | 2 |
| 2025 |  bojolpif71 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1997 | 60/100 | 2 |
| 2023 |  AlexSVK | Top 10 Music Albums of 1997 | 5/10 | 3 |
| 2021 |  mrblond | Top 35 Music Albums of 1997 | 13/35 | 3 |
| 2021 | mlgprounicorn | Top 89 Music Albums of 1997 | 85/89 | 0 |
| 2021 | Deckiller | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 35/100 | 13 |
| 2021 | Hophophop | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 52/100 | 24 |
| 2019 |  skelter54 | Top 40 Music Albums of 1997 | 18/40 | 3 |
| 2018 | ruquito124 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 19/100 | 16 |
| 2017 | tmbarnes8 | Top 55 Greatest Music Albums | 37/55 | 5 |
| 2017 |  JoSt | Top 34 Music Albums of 1997 | 13/34 | 3 |
| 2017 | JoSt | Marillion collection | 20/28 | - |
| 2014 |  Vaggelis | Top 100 Music Albums of 1997 | 37/100 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 17 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 83 | |||
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This Strange Engine ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 05/19/2025 12:06 | Tamthebam | 23,116 | 69/100 |
| ! | 12/01/2024 15:40 | TonySayers61 | 25,060 | 64/100 |
| ! | 09/26/2024 10:55 |  doombringer | 2,311 | 75/100 |
| ! | 12/07/2023 16:49 | jeremy9 | 3,740 | 70/100 |
| ! | 10/02/2023 11:21 | fabm0 | 7,010 | 58/100 |
Rating metrics:
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.4/100, a mean average of 69.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 69.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.6.
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doombringer 09/26/2024 11:07 | #305430
Warning : Includes the stupid 90's gimmick : Hidden Track . Which by the way isn't even a ''Track'' . (Haha - how i laughed....ahem..cough). The start of the ''Hogarth-Era'' brought us brilliant albums like ''Season's End'' or ''Brave'' . ''This strange Engine'' is , i have to be honest , boring . If you have a Steve Rothery in the Band : Use him .He is a unique guitar-player , but he's hardly being heard . ( Which , by the way , is a ''Trademark'' of all Marillion-Albums to come in the upcoming decades ) ...
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