Alternative 4
by Anathema
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Anathema bestography
Alternative 4 is ranked 6th best out of 21 albums by Anathema on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Anathema is Weather Systems which is ranked number 3179 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 479.
(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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Alternative 4 track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Alternative 4 rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | MasterOfPuppets | Top 16 Music Albums of 1998 | 5/16 | 4 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1998 Pt 2 | 60/83 | - |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Albums of the year 1998 by Metal Storm | 3/20 | - |
| 2026 | MasterOfPuppets | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 67/100 | 7 |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1998 | 44/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | MasterOfPuppets | Top 500 Albums: 201-300 | 59/100 | - |
| 2025 | DJStuart79 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1998 | 35/100 | 3 |
| 2025 |  Igtonumama | Top 100 Music Albums of 1998 | 62/100 | 2 |
| 2024 | FieryGunHand | Top 25 Music Albums of 1998 | 25/25 | 0 |
| 2024 | manurock | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 14/100 | 64 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 30 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 139 | |||
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Alternative 4 ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 08/08/2026 04:25 | JonVarago | 32 | 75/100 |
| ! | 09/18/2024 11:29 | squirrelmonkey | 365 | 73/100 |
| ! | 06/02/2024 13:12 | TonySayers61 | 25,746 | 64/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 22% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.6/100, a mean average of 73.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.7.
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Alternative 4 forum mentions
NoisyBeast 06/08/2021 00:44 in What album are you listening to right now?
AfterHours 11/25/2018 15:47 in Best Hard Rock & Metal AlbumsAlternative 4 comments
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This atmospheric rock album would become the midway between their previous doom metal albums and their latest prog-rock album. Throughout the album, most songs have similar haunting keyboards and piano, fascinating acoustic guitars and sometimes aggressive, sometimes calm electric guitars. These, as well as a wonderful violin in two tracks, make this album beautiful despite the great depressing lyrics. Their best songs are the Floydian yet unique "Lost Control" and the haunting title track.
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