The Pale Emperor
by Marilyn Manson
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Marilyn Manson bestography
The Pale Emperor is ranked 4th best out of 17 albums by Marilyn Manson on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Marilyn Manson is Mechanical Animals which is ranked number 1601 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,069.
(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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The Pale Emperor track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Pale Emperor rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 95 Music Albums of 2015 | 93/95 | 0 |
| 2026 | Jakor | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 99/100 | 0 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 43 Music Albums of 2015 | 30/43 | 2 |
| 2026 | ReelBigToph | Top 99 Music Albums of 2015 | 99/99 | 0 |
| 2026 |  Repo | Top 47 Music Albums of 2015 | 44/47 | 0 |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2015 | 68/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  zdwyatt | Top 61 Music Albums of 2015 | 21/61 | 3 |
| 2026 | Jakor | Top 30 Music Albums of 2015 | 11/30 | 3 |
| 2025 |  idiotican | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 50/100 | 10 |
| 2025 | ThuramThugood | Ranked - Marilyn Manson (USA) - Ranked | 10/16 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 55 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 213 | |||
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The Pale Emperor ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 4 days ago |  MagicSix | 1,120 | 60/100 |
| ! | 09/16/2026 16:44 |  EyeKanFly | 8,985 | 65/100 |
| ! | 09/16/2026 12:54 |  greatson | 1,916 | 71/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 68.7/100, a mean average of 67.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 68.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.6.
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The Pale Emperor forum mentions
Repo 11/27/2020 23:02 in What album are you listening to right now?
benpaco 01/21/2015 01:54 in 2015 albumsThe Pale Emperor comments
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TheHolyKiwi TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/25/2015 11:02 | #140171 | TOP COMMENT
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The only reason it's this low rated is because it's "Marilyn Manson", I bet you half of the people who voted haven't even listened to the album.
TheHolyKiwi TOP 100 COMMENTER 02/02/2015 08:31 | #133742 | TOP COMMENT
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What the hell is up with you guys!? This is by far his best work since Holy Wood.
i was blown away by Killing Strangers, 3rd Day, and Warship My Wreck
IMO, this is Manson's best album since The Golden Age Of Grotesque. He's taken his music in a bluesy direction, and yet he still sounds just as sinister as ever.
Best Tracks: "Killing Strangers" and "Deep Six"
zdwyatt TOP 100 COMMENTER 02/19/2015 15:09 | #135295 | TOP COMMENT
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This is his best work in years. Compared to his earlier work, it's less heavy and more bluesy. I'm really digging the various acoustic instrumentation mixed in with the standard industrial sounds.
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