The Jester Race
by In Flames
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The Jester Race is ranked as the best album by In Flames.
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The Jester Race track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Jester Race 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 | mrmcrook | Top 45 Music Albums of 1996 | 13/45 | 4 |
| 2026 | saltysurprise | Top 59 Music Albums of 1996 | 18/59 | 4 |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Death Metal | 81/99 | - |
| 2026 | RockyRaccoon | Top 54 Music Albums of 1996 | 46/54 | 1 |
| 2026 | Cronostalksmetal | Top 39 Greatest Music Albums | 24/39 | 40 |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1996 | 32/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 68 Music Albums of 1996 | 63/68 | 0 |
| 2026 | AAL2014 | Favorite Albums From Sweden 🇸🇪 | 11/13 | - |
| 2025 | DJStuart79 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1996 | 89/100 | 1 |
| 2025 | slug | Top 31 Greatest Music Albums | 19/31 | 38 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 43 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 166 | |||
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The Jester Race ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 05/26/2026 16:31 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,555 | 70/100 |
| ! | 03/07/2026 22:23 | BoxFL | 2,766 | 51/100 |
| ! | 09/12/2025 01:34 | iann97 | 2,228 | 74/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 15% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.2/100, a mean average of 74.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.1.
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The Jester Race forum mentions
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The Jester Race comments
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slurpdurp 01/17/2017 18:49 | #183031 | TOP COMMENT
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Definitely the best In Flames album. It is their most brutal and heavy. The songwriting is very good. Moonshield is one of my all-time favorite metal songs, the acoustic in that is so good.
Being termed as Melodic Death Metal was what drew me to this. First of their albums I've heard and owned. In a similar vein as Opeth but with hints of early Maiden but with guttural vocals. Overall not earth moving but good enough to make me want to explore their other albums. (Edited)
Heavy music speeding away in the distance that I should really have reminded myself about. I want to listen to more from this group. They played fantastic music.
En plena explosión de lo que más tarde se conocería como Sonido Gotemburgo, apareció un grupo de Melodic Death Metal con ganas de comerse a todo el que se pusiera por delante. Hablamos, por supuesto, de los polémicos In Flames, que elevaron el listón hacia cotas prácticamente inalcanzables para el resto de los mortales. La crudeza propia del Death Metal se da cita con melodías de guitarra que nos recuerdan a cualquier grupo puntero de Heavy Metal tradicional. Anders Fridén, que debutaba para este disco con In Flames, luce en un estado de forma espectacular. Los suecos cimentaron su éxito sobre 'The Jester Race', uno de los mejores discos de Metal de la historia y cuya escucha recomiendo a todo buen amante de la música. Alcanzaron su pico de genialidad demasiado pronto y ni ellos mismos pudieron igualar esta obra maestra.
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