The Mask And Mirror
by Loreena McKennitt
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Loreena McKennitt bestography
The Mask And Mirror is ranked 2nd best out of 21 albums by Loreena McKennitt on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Loreena McKennitt is The Visit which is ranked number 3126 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 489.
(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 Mask And Mirror track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Mask And Mirror rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 75/100 | 25 |
| 2026 | MrOlan | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 24/100 | 77 |
| 2026 |  DommeDamian | Scaruffi Best Albums of 1994 | 32/100 | - |
| 2026 |  jeremy9 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1994 | 17/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 90 Music Albums of 1994 | 24/90 | 4 |
| 2026 | MrOlan | Top 14 Music Albums of 1994 | 1/14 | 5 |
| 2026 | Jaymantheman | Top 40 Music Albums of 1994 | 28/40 | 2 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 94 Music Albums of 1994 | 48/94 | 3 |
| 2026 | martintho | Top 50 Music Albums of 1994 | 12/50 | 4 |
| 2026 | zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 19/100 | 16 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 43 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 330 | |||
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The Mask And Mirror ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/08/2026 03:20 | Proto | 4,309 | 33/100 |
| ! | 05/27/2026 10:00 | cicadelic | 14,048 | 73/100 |
| ! | 04/15/2026 18:12 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,702 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 7% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.1/100, a mean average of 74.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.1.
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Fischman TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/16/2018 02:42 | #227232 | TOP COMMENT
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This is a tour de force exposition of all the things that make Loreena McKennitt great, from her soothing ethereal voice to her ability to find material and write great songs.
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