Altered Beast
by Matthew Sweet
Listen & Collect
Complete your collection or upgrade your listening experience.
Matthew Sweet bestography
Altered Beast is ranked 2nd best out of 18 albums by Matthew Sweet on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Matthew Sweet is Girlfriend which is ranked number 2648 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 599.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
Listen to Altered Beast on YouTube
Altered Beast track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Altered Beast rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 100 Music Albums of 1993 | 46/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Romanelli | Top 95 Music Albums of 1993 | 75/95 | 1 |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 72 Music Albums of 1993 | 29/72 | 3 |
| 2026 | Romanelli | My Overall Chart: 1801-1900 | 83/100 | - |
| 2026 |  MadhattanJack | Top 80 Music Albums of 1993 | 65/80 | 1 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 1993 | 100/100 | 0 |
| 2025 |  imimesis | Top 20 Music Albums of 1993 | 11/20 | 3 |
| 2025 | mostlymor | Top 90 Music Albums of 1993 | 2/90 | 5 |
| 2025 | Jaymantheman | Top 50 Music Albums of 1993 | 50/50 | 0 |
| 2025 |  LadyGodiva | Top 50 Music Albums of 1993 | 31/50 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 36 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 150 | |||
Altered Beast collection
Showing all 19 members who have this album in their collection
Altered Beast ratings
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AVwhere:
av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating.
Showing latest 3 ratings for this album. | Show all 51 ratings for this album.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 12/07/2025 22:09 |  Kingturtle | 7,579 | 73/100 |
| ! | 11/23/2025 18:55 |  TimBroad04 | 203 | 69/100 |
| ! | 02/27/2025 21:54 | imimesis | 2,092 | 81/100 |
Rating metrics:
Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.7/100, a mean average of 71.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.3.
Altered Beast favourites
Forum mentions
dihansse 02/28/2023 21:31 in My discoveries per year
Repo 10/20/2022 21:08 in What album are you listening to right now? Romanelli 03/29/2021 19:15 in The Romanelli Music Diary: Fifty EggsAltered Beast comments
Most Helpful First | Newest First | Positive Sentiment First | Longest Comments First
(Only showing comments with -2 votes or higher. You can alter this threshold from your profile page. Manage Profile)
Romanelli 05/13/2011 00:18 | #21671 | TOP COMMENT
Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Matthew Sweet is better than this. A big talent who can't seem to put together the great album that should be inside him.
Your feedback for Altered Beast
The top-voted comments get featured on our charts, Album of the Day, and the site newsletter.
