Spleen And Ideal
by Dead Can Dance
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Dead Can Dance bestography
Spleen And Ideal is ranked 4th best out of 13 albums by Dead Can Dance on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Dead Can Dance is Within The Realm Of A Dying Sun which is ranked number 1355 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,273.
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Spleen And Ideal track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Spleen And Ideal rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  neilgee | Top 100 Music Albums of 1985 | 9/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 86 Music Albums of 1985 | 75/86 | 1 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 1985 | 47/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Arthurknight | Top 99 Music Albums of 1985 | 4/99 | 5 |
| 2026 |  Patman360 | Top 75 Music Albums of 1985 | 61/75 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Hayden | Top 50 Music Albums of 1985 | 42/50 | 1 |
| 2026 |  MadhattanJack | Top 76 Music Albums of 1985 | 10/76 | 4 |
| 2026 |  ssteve | Top 31 Music Albums of 1985 | 26/31 | 1 |
| 2026 | Rivera | Best Of Rest 3 | 3/100 | - |
| 2026 | cmoshier | Top 99 Music Albums of 1985 | 35/99 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 115 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 472 | |||
Spleen And Ideal collection
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Spleen And Ideal ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/09/2026 18:01 |  RasmV | 2,616 | 73/100 |
| ! | 09/06/2026 16:02 |  identifer | 1,007 | 82/100 |
| ! | 04/26/2026 12:04 | Pavloss | 488 | 50/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.1/100, a mean average of 75.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.9.
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Spleen And Ideal forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 09/07/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5428): By ExTeaSeaView latest topic →
Anti 05/07/2024 20:17 in The Great Revisitation Project: 2023-24 EditionView all forum mentions
Spleen And Ideal comments
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This superbly orchestrated album is full of imposing and intense arrangements that merge Slavic-style hymns, Gregorian liturgy, Celtic folk music, Tibetan chants and Renaissance Madrigals. The stately symphonic overtones evoke early King Crimson with a modern twist.
timtooky 04/26/2014 21:50 | #110164 | TOP COMMENT
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good-morning music for death-longings. :O)
they try to put the whole insignificance of mankind in their atmosheric songs. listening to it makes me feel sad and lonely.
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