Design Your Universe
by Epica
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Design Your Universe is ranked as the best album by Epica.
(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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Design Your Universe track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Design Your Universe 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 | fabm0 | List 2009 | 85/88 | - |
| 2026 | mrmcrook | Top 32 Music Albums of 2009 | 5/32 | 4 |
| 2026 | SethGunde | Top 3 Music Albums of 2009 | 2/3 | 3 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Top 13 Music Albums of 2009 | 10/13 | 2 |
| 2026 | mrmcrook | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 71/100 | 6 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | 4 My Chart Europe (without Gbr Irl Fra) | 37/100 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 100/100 | 0 |
| 2026 | Museman | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 17/100 | 81 |
| 2026 |  jeremy9 | Top 90 Music Albums of 2009 | 74/90 | 1 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Metal Storm awards 2009 | 2/20 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 36 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 566 | |||
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Design Your Universe ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 08/19/2026 00:22 | mrmcrook | 1,139 | 77/100 |
| ! | 06/21/2026 13:26 | MafkAa | 4 | 90/100 |
| ! | 06/19/2026 04:17 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,167 | 70/100 |
Rating metrics:
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.9/100, a mean average of 78.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.9.
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This is the Epica I love. They cranked the heavy on this. Heavy riffs and rhythms mixed with the sweeping melodies and operatic vocals of Simone Simons. She's just got such a fantastic voice. One of their best
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