Only Forever
by Puressence
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Only Forever is ranked as the best album by Puressence.
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Only Forever track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Only Forever 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | TastyandTemptin | Top 18 Music Albums of 1998 | 6/18 | 4 |
| 2024 | TastyandTemptin | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 48/100 | 11 |
| 2024 |  Graeme2 | Top 56 Music Albums of 1998 | 31/56 | 2 |
| 2022 | MOgnjenovic | Top 20 Music Albums of 1998 | 11/20 | 3 |
| 2021 |  NickVolos | Top 100 Music Albums of 1998 | 28/100 | 4 |
| 2020 | Fenrik | Top 50 Greatest Music Albums | 10/50 | 27 |
| 2018 | spiritinthesky | Top 15 Music Albums of 1998 | 7/15 | 3 |
| 2018 | Imaybeparanoid | Top 100 Music Albums of 1998 | 58/100 | 2 |
| 2017 | spiritinthesky | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 62/100 | 8 |
| 2015 |  Secondsoul | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 31/100 | 14 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 14 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 85 | |||
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Only Forever ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 03/13/2025 13:47 | TonySayers61 | 25,957 | 64/100 |
| ! | 12/05/2024 22:02 | vruslov | 9,025 | 74/100 |
| ! | 03/11/2023 22:15 |  Igtonumama | 10,784 | 63/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 23% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.5/100, a mean average of 74.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 8.9.
Only Forever forum mentions
SleepDealer 09/17/2019 13:22 in What album are you listening to right now?Only Forever comments
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Secondsoul 01/13/2013 21:20 | #61402
Amazed that I had to add this album onto this site as no one else seems to have discovered it yet! Some amazing tracks on this such as This Feeling, All I Want and Sharpen Up The Knives.
It has aged better than most of its contemporaries.
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