Transistor
by 311
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Transistor is ranked 2nd best out of 16 albums by 311 on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by 311 is 311 which is ranked number 10729 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 112.
(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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Transistor track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 73 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Transistor rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 7 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | adbrack1988 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 66/100 | 7 |
| 2026 |  Rhyner | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 66/100 | 7 |
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 48 Music Albums of 1997 | 43/48 | 1 |
| 2025 | Rhyner | Top 34 Music Albums of 1997 | 6/34 | 4 |
| 2025 | adbrack1988 | Top 17 Music Albums of 1997 | 6/17 | 4 |
| 2025 |  idiotican | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 2/100 | 20 |
| 2025 | mrfloosak | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 74/100 | 5 |
| 2021 |  RoundTheBend | Top 69 Music Albums of 1997 | 35/69 | 3 |
| 2020 | dexmc | Top 13 Music Albums of 1997 | 8/13 | 2 |
| 2020 |  jnfbn | Top 100 Music Albums of 1997 | 85/100 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 25 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 79 | |||
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Transistor ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/24/2026 16:50 | matterhornrider | 5,212 | 81/100 |
| ! | 06/17/2025 06:30 | idiotican | 2,803 | 74/100 |
| ! | 06/01/2023 11:32 |  MetalMan67 | 6,250 | 71/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.0/100, a mean average of 70.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.7.
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Transistor comments
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jhuik TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/04/2013 00:13 | #59959
Beautiful Disaster is a fine song. This comes off like Rage-very-lite perhaps but then you wonder where Linkin Park got their sound?
RoundTheBend TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/02/2016 03:43 | #164970
Lots of filler... but Beautiful Disaster is easily top 5 311 songs ever. That melody cut by the piccolo snare, and heavy guitar and bouncy bass... just genius sound. The lyrics go from awesome to juvenile pending on my mood.
As musicians, these guys are tight and have kind of a unique sound, but as songwriters, well they have some great hits and then some really terrible songs. But even the terrible songs have great music... if that makes any sense.
Great stuff. Deserves a far higher ranking. (Edited)
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