Surgical Steel
by Carcass
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Carcass bestography
Surgical Steel is ranked 3rd best out of 9 albums by Carcass on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Carcass is Heartwork which is ranked number 4375 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 330.
(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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Surgical Steel track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 73 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Surgical Steel 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 |  LedZep | Top 53 Music Albums of 2013 | 41/53 | 1 |
| 2026 | DJStuart79 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2013 | 24/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | 2013 by Quietus (To Be deleted) | 84/95 | - |
| 2026 |  ERadio | Top 50 Music Albums of 2013 | 22/50 | 3 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Exclaim! TOP 10 METAL & HARDCORE 2013 | 1/10 | - |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Death Metal 2013 by Metal Storm | 6/14 | - |
| 2026 | vruslov | Top 94 Music Albums of 2013 | 2/94 | 5 |
| 2026 | vruslov | Andy Sneap selected | 1/17 | - |
| 2026 | vruslov | Top 87 Music Albums of the 2010s | 3/87 | 20 |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2013 | 74/100 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 32 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 103 | |||
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Surgical Steel ratings
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AVwhere:
av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
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Showing latest 3 ratings for this album. | Show all 23 ratings for this album.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 06/26/2026 14:56 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,568 | 70/100 |
| ! | 04/18/2023 06:57 |  Graeme2 | 4,921 | 80/100 |
| ! | 11/02/2022 04:13 | zags7000 | 20,568 | 64/100 |
Rating metrics:
Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.4/100, a mean average of 69.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.5.
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Surgical Steel forum mentions
LedZep 03/19/2020 20:39 in Top 5 concerts of 2022
WindowAbove 06/28/2014 01:37 in What album are you listening to right now?Surgical Steel comments
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Decurso TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/15/2014 19:22 | #116834
A pretty solid comeback for Carcass after a 17 year absence. Very complex musically, and probably closest to Necrotism in terms of comparing the sound to their earlier albums.
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