Freak Show
by Silverchair

Freak Show by Silverchair
Year: 1997
Overall rank: 8,874th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 74 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1997 (150th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (1,431st)
Award Best albums of all time (8,874th)

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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 3546 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 415.

Silverchair album bestography « Higher ranked (5,553rd)
Frogstomp
This album (8,874th)
Freak Show
Lower ranked (13,247th) »
The Best Of: Volume 1

(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

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Freak Show rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 8,874th | 1990s rank: 1,431st | 1997 rank: 150th
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2026 RomanelliTop 87 Music Albums of 199719/874
2026 imacgillTop 100 Music Albums of 199787/1001
2026 RomanelliMy Overall Chart: 501-60074/100 -
2026 ExTeaSeaTop 90 Music Albums of 199736/903
2025 idioticanTop 100 Music Albums of the 1990s67/1007
2025 PAPPITUFOTop 51 Music Albums of 199720/513
2025 TheDarkOrbTop 55 Music Albums of 199723/553
2025 rambleon80Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Australian Albums of All Time46/100 -
2025DJStuart79Top 100 Music Albums of 199742/1003
2025MoondanceTop 100 Music Albums of 19977/1005
2023pago82Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s67/1007
2022 madsnylandTop 26 Music Albums of 199714/263
2022 zwiebelTop 100 Greatest Music Albums46/10037
2022 zwiebelTop 80 Music Albums of 19975/805
2021JohnnyoAOTY - 25 best grunge albums of all time23/25 -
2021marshallsbrotherTop 39 Music Albums of 199711/394
2021marshallsbrotherTop 100 Music Albums of the 1990s39/10012
2021 zwiebelTop 100 Music Albums of the 1990s41/10012
2021 CA DreaminTop 100 Music Albums of the 1990s50/10010
2020 jnfbnTop 100 Music Albums of 199779/1001
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 33
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 137
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Freak Show ratings

Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 74 votes)
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35/100
 
02/05/2026 12:40 BorderFreeAndrew  Ratings distribution  14,85774/100
 
75/100
 
02/05/2026 00:48 traistboar  Ratings distribution  1,60079/100
 
80/100
 
01/09/2026 10:05 robertoveltri  Ratings distribution  82279/100
 
60/100
 
02/19/2025 14:33 TonySayers61  Ratings distribution  23,78464/100
 
80/100
 
10/01/2024 17:34 Fevernova  Ratings distribution  3,13782/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.8/100, a mean average of 69.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.9.

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40/100
From 04/28/2016 16:13 | #164782
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
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60/100
From 05/13/2013 17:27 | #76000
@pearljammer: True, but as an original band, they were nothing special, especially here.
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75/100
From 11/20/2011 02:06 | #30878
The beginning of their evolution into an original band.
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