Aion
by Dead Can Dance

Aion by Dead Can Dance
Year: 1990
Release date: 1990-06-11
Overall rank: 5,708th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 85 votes)
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Award Top albums of 1990 (80th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (933rd)
Award Best albums of all time (5,708th)

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Dead Can Dance bestography

Aion is ranked 7th best out of 13 albums by Dead Can Dance on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Dead Can Dance is Within The Realm Of A Dying Sun which is ranked number 1323 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,302.

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Rankings summary
Overall rank: 5,708th | 1990s rank: 933rd | 1990 rank: 80th
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2026 HeliosTop 100 Music Albums of 199087/1001
2026 neilgeeTop 100 Music Albums of 199084/1001
2026 videoheadcleanerTop 80 Music Albums of 199076/800
2026 Norman BatesTop 100 Music Albums of 199036/1003
2026 imacgillTop 100 Music Albums of 199071/1002
2026Exist-en-cielTop 90 Music Albums of 199055/902
2026amirmishaliTop 100 Greatest Music Albums73/10028
2026 ExTeaSeaTop 70 Music Albums of 199026/703
2025skrapoelTop 41 Music Albums of 199024/412
2025BorderFreeAndrewTop 100 Greatest Music Albums62/10035
2025amirmishaliTop 100 Music Albums of the 1990s5/10019
2025spinoutTop 99 Music Albums of the 1990s11/9918
2025 FischmanTop 100 Music Albums of 199047/1003
2025 Patman360Top 88 Music Albums of 199067/881
2025 LeonardTop 100 Music Albums of 199037/1003
2025PapaShiz86Top 50 Music Albums of 199034/502
2025 MadhattanJackTop 78 Music Albums of 199043/782
2025 LeonardTop 100 Music Albums of the 1990s77/1005
2025BorderFreeAndrewTop 100 Music Albums of the 1990s13/10018
2025HyggevinylTop 52 Music Albums of 199035/522
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 58
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 239
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Aion ratings

Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 85 votes)
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04/14/2026 21:03 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  11,39370/100
 
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11/29/2025 04:01 Kingturtle  Ratings distribution  7,57973/100
 
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09/27/2025 21:54 Moondance  Ratings distribution  20,52472/100
 
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09/21/2025 11:26 videoheadcleaner  Ratings distribution  12,37385/100

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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.6/100, a mean average of 76.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.1.

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From 02/25/2016 16:40 | #160714
Inspired by music from the middleages & renaissance. Outstanding.
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