Traced In Air
by Cynic

Traced In Air by Cynic
Year: 2008
Release date: 2008-10-28
Overall rank: 10,650th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 40 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2008 (191st)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (1,854th)
Award Best albums of all time (10,650th)

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Cynic bestography

Traced In Air is ranked 2nd best out of 7 albums by Cynic on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Cynic is Focus which is ranked number 8165 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 154.

Cynic album bestography « Higher ranked (8,165th)
Focus
This album (10,650th)
Traced In Air
Lower ranked (24,324th) »
Kindly Bent To Free Us

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 10,650th | 2000s rank: 1,854th | 2008 rank: 191st

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Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 40 votes)
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06/09/2026 07:02 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  11,41470/100
 
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03/17/2026 07:38 Dingerbell  Ratings distribution  4,05962/100
 
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10/01/2025 11:51 TonySayers61  Ratings distribution  24,75164/100
 
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07/22/2025 21:15 MagicSix  Ratings distribution  1,02560/100
 
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12/14/2022 04:23 zags7000  Ratings distribution  20,46864/100

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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 74.0/100, a mean average of 74.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.2.

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From 06/04/2011 08:11 | #22674
...I have no idea why Applerill thinks this sounds like Dream Theater, but regardless, this is sort of like Tool meets Radiohead, injected with a dose of savagery and with some brilliant lyrics. The best metal album of the '00s by a leap.
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From 05/12/2011 12:50 | #21610
Dream Theater with autotuned screaming? OH BOY!!!! Really, though, despite that embarrassing description, this isn't that bad. Plus, many prog metal bands can learn from this album's short-but-sweet length.
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