Swansong
by Carcass
Carcass bestography
Swansong is ranked 4th best out of 9 albums by Carcass on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Carcass is Heartwork which is ranked number 4268 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 334.
(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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Swansong track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Swansong rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | vruslov | Top 94 Music Albums of 1996 | 12/94 | 4 |
| 2024 |  Wasinski | Top 100 Music Albums of 1996 | 100/100 | 0 |
| 2023 |  MW19704U | Top 100 Music Albums of 1996 | 54/100 | 2 |
| 2023 |  Decurso | Choosing Death:100 Death Metal Favourites | 1/100 | - |
| 2022 |  NoisyBeast | CD Collection (part one) | 74/100 | - |
| 2022 | NoisyBeast | Top 100 Music Albums of 1996 | 3/100 | 5 |
| 2022 | NoisyBeast | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 74/100 | 5 |
| 2021 | Decurso | Top 10 Music Albums of 1996 | 2/10 | 5 |
| 2021 | Decurso | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 8/100 | 19 |
| 2019 | Decurso | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 79/100 | 7 |
| 2019 |  elo269megv | Thrash Enough? | 61/65 | - |
| 2018 | tompeto | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 37/100 | 12 |
| 2018 | tompeto | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 23/100 | 16 |
| 2018 | tompeto | Top 32 Music Albums of 1996 | 1/32 | 5 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 14 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 80 | |||
Swansong collection
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Swansong 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 5 ratings for this album. | Show all 22 ratings for this album.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/02/2026 16:18 | mizzle | 1,424 | 82/100 | |
| 01/22/2024 19:30 |  teague | 4,331 | 78/100 | |
| 11/02/2022 04:11 |  zags7000 | 20,468 | 64/100 | |
| 03/19/2022 02:47 |  Maxence | 12,709 | 61/100 | |
| 02/22/2022 13:13 | davidaraneda | 342 | 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 70.4/100, a mean average of 66.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 69.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 20.3.
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Decurso 07/15/2014 19:20 | #116832
Carcass's most mainstream album, but also their best. The power rock feel to songs like Firm Hand, Keep On Rotting and Generation Hexed is surprisingly suited to to their sound.
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