Traced In Air
by Cynic
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Traced In Air is ranked as the best album by Cynic.
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Traced In Air track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Traced In Air rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 1 hour ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Romanelli | Top 53 Music Albums of 2008 | 42/53 | 1 |
| 2026 | Romanelli | My Overall Chart: 2101-2200 | 88/100 | - |
| 2026 | Prophet | Top 35 Greatest Music Albums | 8/35 | 77 |
| 2026 | vruslov | Top 95 Music Albums of 2008 | 14/95 | 4 |
| 2026 |  ssteve | Top 44 Music Albums of 2008 | 40/44 | 1 |
| 2025 |  TheHolyKiwi | Top 49 Music Albums of 2008 | 6/49 | 4 |
| 2024 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 2008 | 29/100 | 4 |
| 2024 |  EyeKanFly | AM Bubbling Under 2000s 10 | 32/34 | - |
| 2023 |  MW19704U | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 77/100 | 5 |
| 2023 | MW19704U | Top 50 Music Albums of 2008 | 16/50 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 37 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 176 | |||
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Traced In Air ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/09/2026 07:02 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,150 | 70/100 |
| ! | 03/17/2026 07:38 |  Dingerbell | 4,156 | 63/100 |
| ! | 10/01/2025 11:51 | TonySayers61 | 25,849 | 64/100 |
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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.
Traced In Air forum mentions
Romanelli 10/09/2023 15:01 in What album are you listening to right now? Romanelli 08/28/2020 23:11 in What Song Are You Listening To Right Now? Fischman 07/24/2018 14:19 in Albums You Added To Your Collection TodayTraced In Air comments
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Applerill TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/12/2011 12:50 | #21610 | TOP COMMENT
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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.
40footwolf 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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