Plague Mass
by Diamanda Galás
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Diamanda Galás bestography
Plague Mass is ranked 2nd best out of 17 albums by Diamanda Galás on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Diamanda Galás is Diamanda Galás which is ranked number 4922 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 280.
(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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Plague Mass track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 72 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Plague Mass rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 |  Tha1ChiefRocka | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 90/100 | 10 |
| 2025 |  cestuneblague | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 76/100 | 5 |
| 2025 | skrapoel | Top 58 Music Albums of 1991 | 49/58 | 1 |
| 2024 | sonicdiscourse | 1991 To-Do List | 52/77 | - |
| 2024 | cestuneblague | Top 100 Music Albums of 1991 | 6/100 | 5 |
| 2024 | LosWochos | Top 98 Music Albums of 1991 | 72/98 | 1 |
| 2023 | cmoshier | Top 100 Music Albums of 1991 | 70/100 | 2 |
| 2022 | babsfanatic87 | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 90/100 | 7 |
| 2015 |  SingingPeasant96 | RYM chart : 100 most...by dejan_malcic | 94/99 | - |
| 2014 | desatinoff | Top 40 Greatest Music Albums | 40/40 | - |
| 2014 |  Torchlin | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 34/100 | 13 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 11 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 44 | |||
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Plague Mass ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 04/14/2025 16:40 | thepardunk | 2,549 | 69/100 |
| ! | 12/08/2024 22:51 | bcc | 1,132 | 68/100 |
| ! | 12/03/2024 19:54 |  DommeDamian | 7,297 | 49/100 |
| ! | 11/23/2024 11:03 | TonySayers61 | 23,335 | 64/100 |
| ! | 04/12/2024 11:58 |  jeremy9 | 3,597 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 9% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.9/100, a mean average of 76.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 21.4.
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How do I feel about this album? Hmmm.
1.This album makes me feel something different than any other album. And what is art other than a safe way to practice complex emotions. This stuff is frantic, raw, horrifying, grieving, and then some.
2. What's more, this album makes me think. As a relatively conservative, Christian man, I find an artistic statement this extreme, backed by such extreme pathos and purpose, prods me to introspection. It cuts deep when Galas sings Leviticus Ch 15. It actually makes the passage very vivid, in complete contrast with how I've always seen the Old Testament" law books. Thank you, Galas, for making relevant what I otherwise considered a dull and tedious read.
3. The immediate subject of this release is AIDS, but I feel the work has an even stronger attachment to the deeper contexts of the AIDS epidemic. I think this is too broad a point to cover, except in mere mentioning.
4. Finally, I think there are moments of real beauty. “Let My People Go" is terribly sad, and it is a punch in the gut, but it is beautiful.
This is a record that's impacted me like any profound art should, but, in truth, I rarely visit it.
PS: I generally listen to Gillian Welch's Time (The Revelator) right after this. Kindof a nice detox, if you will.
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