Oceanic
by Isis

Album
Oceanic by Isis
Year: 2002
Release date: 2002-09-16
Overall rank: 4,289th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 122 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2002 (71st)
Award Top albums of of the 2000s (715th)
Award Best albums of all time (4,289th)

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Isis bestography

Oceanic is ranked 2nd best out of 13 albums by Isis on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Isis is Panopticon which is ranked number 2065 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 810.

Isis album bestography « Higher ranked (2,065th)
Panopticon This album (4,289th)
Oceanic Lower ranked (7,995th) »
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Oceanic track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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1.
The Beginning And The End
Average Rating: 84 (24 votes)Comments: View 0
2.
The Other
Average Rating: 83 (23 votes)Comments: View 0
3.
False Light
Average Rating: 83 (23 votes)Comments: View 0
4.
Carry
Average Rating: 80 (18 votes)Comments: View 0
5.
[Untitled]
Average Rating: 75 (14 votes)Comments: View 0
6.
Maritime
Average Rating: 79 (20 votes)Comments: View 0
7.
Weight
Average Rating: 84 (28 votes)Comments: View 0
8.
From Sinking
Average Rating: 82 (21 votes)Comments: View 0
9.
Hym
Average Rating: 79 (18 votes)Comments: View 0

Oceanic rankings

Oceanic rankings summary
Overall rank: 4,289th | 2000s rank: 715th | 2002 rank: 71st  Overall chart history
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Oceanic ratings

Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 122 votes)
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 !		06/07/2026 14:51 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  15,67070/100
 
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 !		02/26/2025 06:08 Irik  Ratings distribution  1699/100

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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 77.6/100, a mean average of 77.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.7.


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From Repo 12/06/2025 04:25 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
“What album are you listening to? (cont.)”
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From Mercury 05/17/2021 23:48 in You must listen to the album below you: canon edition
“1. Well I listened. It was well made. Good musicians . Don't really like the music, however. The drum sound is something that sounds, to me, quite lifeless. The big walls of "sludge" are consistently... well, heavy, sure, but not impactful. The whole album kinda rolls along with these big post rock…”
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Oceanic comments

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Were it not for the vocals, I can easily imagine this would be amazing, but those vocals are impossible to ignore (luckily enough there are many instrumentals parts, which are all highly enjoyable).
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From 04/25/2014 23:21 | #110089
An amazing metal album, with "Songs For The Deaf" of QOTSA defined the sound of the new heavy metal generation. A Master-Piece, underrated
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