Spreading The Disease
by Anthrax

Spreading The Disease by Anthrax
Year: 1985
Overall rank: 5,459th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 127 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1985 (65th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (789th)
Award Best albums of all time (5,459th)

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Anthrax bestography

Spreading The Disease is ranked 2nd best out of 20 albums by Anthrax on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Anthrax is Among The Living which is ranked number 2078 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 795.

Anthrax album bestography « Higher ranked (2,078th)
Among The Living
This album (5,459th)
Spreading The Disease
Lower ranked (6,274th) »
Persistence Of Time

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 5,459th | 1980s rank: 789th | 1985 rank: 65th

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Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 127 votes)
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02/17/2026 03:50 stareaterogni0n  Ratings distribution  32772/100
 
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12/05/2025 22:19 Araldo  Ratings distribution  1,47180/100
 
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11/03/2025 22:27 Larcx13  Ratings distribution  2,85074/100
 
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10/31/2025 15:14 Siromynian  Ratings distribution  1,62978/100
 
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10/19/2025 19:28 JamesMowbray  Ratings distribution  5,36169/100

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This album is rated in the top 6% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.6/100, a mean average of 74.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.0.

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75/100
From 02/19/2021 14:48 | #266509
While Belladona instantly makes this band much better by being here, it's not just his addition to the group that marks large improvements from the debut. The writing is stronger, the riffs sharper, and the playing tighter. Everything just instantly has more of that Anthrax identity, even when there are still tinges of Priest, Maiden, and the like.
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One of their best
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