The Use Of Ashes
by Pearls Before Swine
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Pearls Before Swine bestography
The Use Of Ashes is ranked 4th best out of 8 albums by Pearls Before Swine on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Pearls Before Swine is Balaklava which is ranked number 6640 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 199.
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The Use Of Ashes track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Use Of Ashes rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  MadhattanJack | Top 54 Music Albums of 1970 | 52/54 | 0 |
| 2025 |  Igtonumama | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 96/100 | 1 |
| 2025 | DJStuart79 | Top 46 Music Albums of 1970 | 39/46 | 1 |
| 2025 | BorderFreeAndrew | Top 100 Music Albums of 1970 | 58/100 | 2 |
| 2025 | Igtonumama | Top 100 Music Albums of 1970 | 7/100 | 5 |
| 2020 | Red0510 | Top 79 Music Albums of 1970 | 74/79 | 0 |
| 2020 | panapsal | my favorite psychedelic rock albums | 69/100 | - |
| 2020 |  jnfbn | Top 100 Music Albums of 1970 | 29/100 | 4 |
| 2019 | panapsal | Top 100 Music Albums of 1970 | 96/100 | 0 |
| 2016 | Coconut | Greatest Psychedelic Albums | 73/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 13 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 27 | |||
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The Use Of Ashes ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 04/24/2023 05:15 | MadhattanJack | 6,043 | 66/100 |
| ! | 01/08/2023 13:12 | Igtonumama | 10,784 | 63/100 |
| ! | 03/07/2022 04:22 | Taosjohn | 850 | 69/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 15% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.1/100, a mean average of 75.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.0.
The Use Of Ashes forum mentions
neilgee 07/22/2026 20:27 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) neilgee 12/21/2018 17:46 in What album are you listening to right now?
NickVolos 02/04/2015 13:28 in Recommendations ThreadThe Use Of Ashes comments
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This record should have been famous. "The Jeweler" is a great song. (Edited)
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