Awaken The Guardian
by Fates Warning
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Fates Warning bestography
Awaken The Guardian is ranked 2nd best out of 16 albums by Fates Warning on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Fates Warning is Parallels which is ranked number 5954 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 228.
(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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Awaken The Guardian track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Awaken The Guardian 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 | Johnnyo | The best prog & metal albums of each year since 1983 by Loudwire | 4/42 | - |
| 2026 | SethGunde | Top 4 Music Albums of 1986 | 4/4 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Repo | Rank 'Em: Fates Warning | 2/6 | - |
| 2026 |  MW19704U | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 69/100 | 30 |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 84 Music Albums of 1986 | 67/84 | 1 |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | 1986 2nd chart | 7/72 | - |
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1986 | 37/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  jeremy9 | Top 61 Music Albums of 1986 | 24/61 | 3 |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1986 | 37/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Best prog metal albums of the 80's ranked by Loudwire | 8/11 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 33 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 142 | |||
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Awaken The Guardian ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 08/17/2026 09:11 | Adhura | 1,732 | 77/100 |
| ! | 08/30/2024 14:56 |  Special | 3,040 | 72/100 |
| ! | 07/10/2023 16:20 |  Dingerbell | 4,154 | 62/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 79.0/100, a mean average of 81.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.7.
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Awaken The Guardian forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 09/24/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5445): By MW19704U
II 10/18/2025 20:59 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
mickilennial 12/29/2023 09:19 in Rank 'Em: The Beach BoysAwaken The Guardian comments
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Fischman TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/05/2018 22:17 | #226309 | TOP COMMENT
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This is serviceable metal, but far, far, far from Fates Warning's best. Fates Warning would later seriously upgrade their vocals, their songwriting, and the sheer depth of their music.
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