Hostile Ambient Takeover
by Melvins
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Melvins bestography
Hostile Ambient Takeover is ranked 10th best out of 39 albums by Melvins on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Melvins is Houdini which is ranked number 2398 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 672.
(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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Hostile Ambient Takeover track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Hostile Ambient Takeover rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 100 Music Albums of 2002 | 46/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | PapaShiz86 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2002 | 61/100 | 2 |
| 2025 | vruslov | Top 91 Music Albums of 2002 | 22/91 | 4 |
| 2024 |  NoisyBeast | Top 100 Music Albums of 2002 | 37/100 | 3 |
| 2023 | sonicdiscourse | 2002 To-Do List | 47/64 | - |
| 2021 | chriskarman | Top 50 Music Albums of 2002 | 45/50 | 1 |
| 2020 | AlienCinema | Top 100 Music Albums of 2002 | 64/100 | 2 |
| 2018 |  Skinny | Top 99 Music Albums of the 2000s | 73/99 | 5 |
| 2017 | Obolus | Top 40 Greatest Music Albums | 19/40 | 5 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 9 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 25 | |||
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Hostile Ambient Takeover ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 08/03/2026 23:31 | PapaShiz86 | 11,734 | 79/100 |
| ! | 01/19/2025 10:51 | videoheadcleaner | 12,359 | 85/100 |
| ! | 06/19/2023 09:33 | NoisyBeast | 13,315 | 74/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.9/100, a mean average of 73.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.0.
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NoisyBeast 06/13/2023 21:37 in What album are you listening to right now? Skinny 11/25/2014 23:55 in Chart talkHostile Ambient Takeover comments
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