Persistence Of Time
by Anthrax

Persistence Of Time by Anthrax
Year: 1990
Overall rank: 6,335th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 86 votes)
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Award Top albums of 1990 (86th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (1,022nd)
Award Best albums of all time (6,335th)

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Anthrax bestography

Persistence Of Time is ranked 3rd best out of 21 albums by Anthrax on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Anthrax is Among The Living which is ranked number 2028 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 813.

Anthrax album bestography « Higher ranked (5,601st)
Spreading The Disease
This album (6,335th)
Persistence Of Time
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Persistence Of Time

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Rankings summary
Overall rank: 6,335th | 1990s rank: 1,022nd | 1990 rank: 86th
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2026 RomanelliTop 89 Music Albums of 199011/894
2026 zags7000Top 100 Music Albums of 199022/1004
2026 jeremy9Top 80 Music Albums of 199044/802
2026MasterOfPuppetsTop 500 Albums: 101-20067/100 -
2026stareaterogni0nTop 49 Music Albums of the 1990s42/493
2026 RomanelliMy Overall Chart: 301-40099/100 -
2026MasterOfPuppetsTop 18 Music Albums of 19905/184
2026 dihansseTop 74 Music Albums of 199018/744
2026 ExTeaSeaTop 70 Music Albums of 19903/705
2026MasterOfPuppetsTop 100 Music Albums of the 1990s41/10012
2026mrmcrookTop 100 Greatest Music Albums95/1006
2026daCriticTop 26 Music Albums of 199016/262
2026mrmcrookTop 100 Music Albums of the 1990s19/10016
2026saltysurpriseTop 52 Music Albums of 199025/523
2025 ExTeaSeaTop 100 Music Albums of the 1990s50/10010
2025mrfloosakTop 100 Music Albums of 199028/1004
2025mrmcrookTop 21 Music Albums of 19903/215
2025JohnnyoClassic rock albums of the year 1990 by Radio X14/25 -
2025DJStuart79Top 100 Music Albums of 199034/1003
2025 WasinskiTop 80 Music Albums of 199074/800
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 56
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 207
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Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 86 votes)
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01/30/2026 13:55 doombringer  Ratings distribution  2,26175/100
 
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12/25/2025 17:51 stareaterogni0n  Ratings distribution  41271/100
 
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12/05/2025 22:19 Araldo  Ratings distribution  1,47280/100
 
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06/12/2025 23:12 Invader666  Ratings distribution  2,62265/100
 
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06/06/2025 23:24 mrmcrook  Ratings distribution  1,06577/100

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This album is rated in the top 8% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.0/100, a mean average of 74.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.9.

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90/100
From 09/10/2020 02:56 | #257998
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.
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From 04/23/2018 17:49 | #213504
The last 'proper' album of Anthrax's best era. Good, but cover version, Got the time, is the standout.
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80/100
From 11/22/2017 15:24 | #201820
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.
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80/100
From 06/16/2016 12:16 | #168893
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.
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90/100
From 03/15/2009 20:12 | #3029
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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