The Theory Of Everything
by Ayreon
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Ayreon bestography
The Theory Of Everything is ranked 9th best out of 17 albums by Ayreon on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Ayreon is Into The Electric Castle (A Space Opera) which is ranked number 6575 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 202.
(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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The Theory Of Everything track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (8 out of 42 tracks have been rated).
The Theory Of Everything 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 | steve397 | Top 62 Music Albums of the 2010s | 42/62 | 7 |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 54 Music Albums of 2013 | 37/54 | 2 |
| 2026 |  MW19704U | Top 59 Music Albums of 2013 | 23/59 | 3 |
| 2026 | steve397 | Top 8 Music Albums of 2013 | 7/8 | 1 |
| 2026 |  jeremy9 | Top 81 Music Albums of 2013 | 47/81 | 2 |
| 2025 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 2013 | 61/100 | 2 |
| 2023 | Fischman | Best Prog of the 2010s | 23/100 | - |
| 2019 | Deckiller | 100 Greatest Progressive Rock Albums | 96/100 | - |
| 2017 | Fischman | Greatest Progressive Metal Albums | 54/100 | - |
| 2017 |  Kaiser | Top 32 Music Albums of 2013 | 19/32 | 2 |
| 2017 |  JoSt | Top 71 Music Albums of 2013 | 39/71 | 2 |
| 2014 | Maucat | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 52/100 | - |
| 2014 |  Leanedge | Top 19 Music Albums of the 2010s | 6/19 | 15 |
| 2013 | Heaven Magazine | Eindlijst Heaven 2013 | 36/100 | 3 |
| 2013 | eclipsed | Die besten Alben des Jahres 2013 | 17/100 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 15 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 44 | |||
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The Theory Of Everything ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 03/06/2026 18:50 | TonySayers61 | 25,336 | 64/100 |
| ! | 01/18/2023 12:58 |  AlexSVK | 1,089 | 62/100 |
| ! | 09/18/2022 07:41 |  zags7000 | 20,568 | 64/100 |
| ! | 10/25/2021 20:53 | sidonai | 77 | 83/100 |
| ! | 02/27/2021 02:26 | Moondance | 20,787 | 72/100 |
Rating metrics:
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album is rated in the top 18% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.8/100, a mean average of 74.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.5.
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