Persistence Of Time
by Anthrax
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Anthrax bestography
Persistence Of Time is ranked 3rd best out of 22 albums by Anthrax on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Anthrax is Among The Living which is ranked number 2184 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 761.
(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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Persistence Of Time track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Persistence Of Time rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | mrmcrook | Top 22 Music Albums of 1990 | 3/22 | 5 |
| 2026 |  MW19704U | Top 99 Music Albums of 1990 | 88/99 | 1 |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 74 Music Albums of 1990 | 18/74 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Captain_Dude | FAVORITE THRASH ALBUMS | 35/99 | - |
| 2026 |  Romanelli | My Overall Chart: 401-500 | 6/100 | - |
| 2026 | timosbuecherei | Top 50 Music Albums of the 1990s | 40/50 | 4 |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1990 | 22/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | stanchoiaz | Top 8 Music Albums of 1990 | 4/8 | 3 |
| 2026 | mrmcrook | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 96/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 71 Music Albums of 1990 | 3/71 | 5 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 59 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 212 | |||
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Persistence Of Time ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 17 hours ago |  Special | 3,068 | 72/100 |
| ! | 4 days ago | Artem | 872 | 77/100 |
| ! | 10/06/2026 03:47 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,195 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 10% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.7/100, a mean average of 74.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.2.
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Persistence Of Time forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 08/08/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5398): By mrmcrook dihansse 08/20/2020 20:46 in My discoveries per yearPersistence Of Time comments
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Strangel TOP 100 COMMENTER 06/16/2016 12:16 | #168893 | TOP COMMENT
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Can't believe this album is ranked below Sound of White Noise or as low as it is overall. This is a very tight, powerful album and probably the most mature Anthrax album considering most of their early albums had an element of piss-taking and lads just having a thrashing good time. (Edited)
stefano 11/22/2017 15:24 | #201820 | TOP COMMENT
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The first Cd i bought in the far 1990, so of course i am biased (lol). Powerful songs, with a wall of guitars, a nice album from Anthrax, with longer songs more elaborated in the centre. (Edited)
The last 'proper' album of Anthrax's best era. Good, but cover version, Got the time, is the standout. (Edited)
Great album. One of Anthrax's best. Bit more ferocious than some of there earlier stuff. Some of there best ever songs are on this, 'Intro to Reality' segueing into 'Belly of the Beast' being my pick of the bunch.
Really great songs on the last real Anthrax record. Among The Living, State Of Euphoria and A Fistful Of Metal is really something to check out as well. Post-persistance is disappointing
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