The Dance
by Within Temptation
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Within Temptation bestography
The Dance is ranked 11th best out of 13 albums by Within Temptation on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Within Temptation is Mother Earth which is ranked number 2777 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 565.
(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 Dance track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Dance rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 |  Fischman | Within Temptation Albums Ranked | 11/12 | - |
| 2021 | Deckiller | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 69/100 | 6 |
| 2017 | Fischman | Best Symphonic Metal Albums | 53/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 3 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 6 | |||
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The Dance ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 01/19/2025 12:55 |  Special | 3,086 | 72/100 |
| ! | 02/13/2024 01:44 | musicalla7777 | 14 | 83/100 |
| ! | 12/15/2023 21:11 | LosWochos | 47,545 | 75/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 69.1/100, a mean average of 67.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 67.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 24.3.
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The Dance comments
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Great lead track, two solid supplemental tracks, and two good remixes of now-classic Within Temptation songs. Good EP from 1998. Better than most of the pig swill that came out that year.
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