Freak Show
by Silverchair
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Silverchair bestography
Freak Show is ranked 4th best out of 6 albums by Silverchair on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Silverchair is Diorama which is ranked number 3273 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 464.
(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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Freak Show track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 74 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Freak Show rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 1 hour ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  TheDarkOrb | Top 56 Music Albums of 1997 | 23/56 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Romanelli | My Overall Chart: 501-600 | 95/100 | - |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 93 Music Albums of 1997 | 36/93 | 3 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 1997 | 87/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 1997 | 7/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | Romanelli | Top 94 Music Albums of 1997 | 19/94 | 4 |
| 2025 |  PAPPITUFO | Top 51 Music Albums of 1997 | 20/51 | 3 |
| 2025 |  rambleon80 | Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Australian Albums of All Time | 46/100 | - |
| 2025 | DJStuart79 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1997 | 42/100 | 3 |
| 2025 |  idiotican | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 67/100 | 7 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 33 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 132 | |||
Freak Show collection
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Freak Show ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 10/04/2026 04:39 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,244 | 70/100 |
| ! | 04/23/2026 23:01 | BorderFreeAndrew | 15,749 | 74/100 |
| ! | 02/05/2026 00:48 | traistboar | 1,801 | 79/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.9/100, a mean average of 70.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.4.
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Freak Show forum mentions
pedro1976 08/04/2025 15:04 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) pedro1976 07/17/2023 18:15 in What album are you listening to right now? Romanelli 11/23/2016 12:19 in The Romanelli Music Diary: Giant StepsView all forum mentions
Freak Show comments
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Deserves less credit because they already made this album with the debut Frog Stomp.
Had a couple decent singles and starting to show their pop theatrics a little bit.
This is nothing special and the worst of Silverchair albums
pearljammer13 TOP 100 COMMENTER 11/20/2011 02:06 | #30878 | TOP COMMENT
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The beginning of their evolution into an original band.
junodog4 TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/13/2013 17:27 | #76000
@pearljammer: True, but as an original band, they were nothing special, especially here.
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