Critical Mass (studio album)
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Threshold bestography
Critical Mass is ranked as the best album by Threshold.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Critical Mass track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Critical Mass rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | stevengnz | Top 100 Music Albums of 2002 | 97/100 | 0 |
| 2025 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 2002 | 5/100 | 5 |
| 2023 |  MW19704U | Top 80 Music Albums of 2002 | 24/80 | 4 |
| 2023 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2002 | 8/100 | 5 |
| 2021 |  Vaggelis | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 88/100 | 7 |
| 2019 | Fischman | My Top Metal Albums of 2002 | 3/10 | - |
| 2018 | Fischman | Best Prog of the 2000s | 32/100 | - |
| 2018 |  Kaiser | Top 40 Music Albums of 2002 | 27/40 | 2 |
| 2017 | Fischman | Greatest Progressive Metal Albums | 15/100 | - |
| 2015 | Vaggelis | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 12/100 | 18 |
| 2014 | Vaggelis | Top 100 Music Albums of 2002 | 3/100 | 5 |
| 2002 | eclipsed | Die besten Alben des Jahres 2002 | 16/30 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 12 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 47 | |||
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Critical Mass ratings
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AVwhere:
av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating.
Showing latest 5 ratings for this album. | Show all 10 ratings for this album.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 07/20/2025 16:26 | TonySayers61 | 23,015 | 64/100 |
| ! | 11/19/2023 03:44 | dhbarrett | 8,131 | 65/100 |
| ! | 07/15/2023 21:26 | Fischman | 11,849 | 66/100 |
| ! | 04/16/2023 12:18 | MW19704U | 6,990 | 59/100 |
| ! | 02/23/2023 14:46 | LosWochos | 46,634 | 75/100 |
Rating metrics:
Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.7/100, a mean average of 73.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.5.
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