Once In A LIVEtime
by Dream Theater
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Dream Theater bestography
Once In A LIVEtime is ranked 24th best out of 42 albums by Dream Theater on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Dream Theater is Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory which is ranked number 789 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,187.
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Once In A LIVEtime track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Once In A LIVEtime 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | svk4ever | Live Killers | 96/100 | - |
| 2026 | svk4ever | Top 40 Music Albums of 1998 | 17/40 | 3 |
| 2025 | DJStuart79 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1998 | 75/100 | 1 |
| 2025 | ThuramThugood | Ranked - Dream Theater (USA) - Ranked | 29/38 | - |
| 2024 | svk4ever | Live Killers (1990s) | 33/91 | - |
| 2021 | Deckiller | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 76/100 | 5 |
| 2018 |  mozzmozz | Top 44 Music Albums of 1998 | 36/44 | 1 |
| 2014 |  Vaggelis | Top 100 Music Albums of 1998 | 19/100 | 4 |
| 2014 | CraigHamilton78 | Top 28 Greatest Music Albums | 21/28 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 9 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 14 | |||
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Once In A LIVEtime ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 02/19/2022 13:17 | DiBo | 47 | 89/100 |
| ! | 06/26/2021 18:20 | svk4ever | 1,566 | 76/100 |
| ! | 05/15/2021 15:41 | Hophophop | 271 | 53/100 |
| ! | 03/04/2021 05:12 | MegoEvilBear | 2,145 | 75/100 |
| ! | 09/24/2019 21:27 | pierobonanni | 64 | 86/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 68.9/100, a mean average of 67.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 67.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 20.7.
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A great 23-song live album. I love how they split up some of the movements of A Change of Seasons throughout the setlist/album. The solos are top-tier, especially Sherinian's. LaBrie's vocals were still a little rough at this point - he was only 3 years removed from his incident.
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