The Use Of Ashes (studio album) by Pearls Before Swine
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The Use Of Ashes is ranked 4th best out of 7 albums by Pearls Before Swine on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Pearls Before Swine is Balaklava which is ranked number 6412 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 201.
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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
All 13 charts that this album appears in:
Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
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2025 | ![]() | Top 100 Music Albums of 1970 | 7/100 | 5 |
2025 | ![]() | 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 |
2023 | ![]() | Top 53 Music Albums of 1970 | 51/53 | 0 |
2020 | ![]() | Top 100 Music Albums of 1970 | 29/100 | 4 |
2020 | Red0510 | Top 79 Music Albums of 1970 | 74/79 | 0 |
2020 | panapsal | my favorite psychedelic rock albums | 69/100 | - |
2019 | panapsal | Top 100 Music Albums of 1970 | 96/100 | 0 |
2016 | Coconut | Greatest Psychedelic Albums | 73/100 | - |
2016 | Coconut | Top 100 Music Albums of 1970 | 51/100 | 3 |
2015 | prossi | Top 50 Music Albums of the 1970s | 32/50 | 8 |
2015 | ![]() | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 82/100 | 4 |
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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Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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55/100 ![]() | 04/24/2023 05:15 | ![]() | ![]() | 66/100 |
95/100 ![]() | 01/08/2023 13:12 | ![]() | ![]() | 62/100 |
90/100 ![]() | 03/07/2022 04:22 | Taosjohn | ![]() | 69/100 |
85/100 ![]() | 02/25/2022 09:40 | Rafion | ![]() | 79/100 |
70/100 ![]() | 01/28/2022 23:23 | Pluto11 | ![]() | 72/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 16% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.2/100, 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.
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This record should have been famous. "The Jeweler" is a great song.
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