FWX
by Fates Warning
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Fates Warning bestography
FWX is ranked 12th best out of 16 albums by Fates Warning on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Fates Warning is Parallels which is ranked number 5946 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 229.
(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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FWX track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
FWX 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 |  jeremy9 | Top 89 Music Albums of 2004 | 5/89 | 5 |
| 2025 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 2004 | 3/100 | 5 |
| 2023 |  MW19704U | Top 60 Music Albums of 2004 | 49/60 | 1 |
| 2021 |  Vaggelis | Top 99 Music Albums of 2004 | 9/99 | 5 |
| 2021 | Fischman | Fates Warning Albums Ranked | 6/16 | - |
| 2020 | jeremy9 | Best Fates Warning's Album | 5/16 | - |
| 2019 | Fischman | My Top Metal Albums of 2004 | 1/10 | - |
| 2019 | jeremy9 | Top 50 Music Albums of the 2000s | 26/50 | 10 |
| 2018 | Fischman | Best Prog of the 2000s | 39/100 | - |
| 2017 | Fischman | Greatest Progressive Metal Albums | 69/100 | - |
| 2004 | eclipsed | Die besten Alben des Jahres 2004 | 22/50 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 11 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 28 | |||
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FWX 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).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 03/22/2023 16:27 | LosWochos | 47,364 | 75/100 |
| ! | 06/08/2022 04:09 |  zags7000 | 20,568 | 64/100 |
| ! | 03/07/2022 08:38 | davidaraneda | 342 | 81/100 |
| ! | 02/19/2022 13:06 | DiBo | 47 | 89/100 |
| ! | 01/15/2022 12:01 | elhanso | 130 | 82/100 |
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 is rated in the top 15% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.1/100, a mean average of 75.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.2.
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Fischman 01/17/2018 14:31 | #205881
I lost track of Fates Warning in the early 2000s, and that was a mistake. This is an exceptional album. It is equal parts heavy, progressive and melodic, the seamless melding of which is no mean feat. Excellent songwriting as well plus some particularly tasty skin banging by Mark Zonder.
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