Smoke + Mirrors
by Imagine Dragons
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Imagine Dragons bestography
Smoke + Mirrors is ranked 2nd best out of 12 albums by Imagine Dragons on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Imagine Dragons is Night Visions which is ranked number 3580 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 420.
(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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Smoke + Mirrors track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 70 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Smoke + Mirrors rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | ReelBigToph | Top 99 Music Albums of 2015 | 84/99 | 1 |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | 2015 Honorable Mentions | 7/100 | - |
| 2026 |  RasmV | Top 57 Music Albums of 2015 | 51/57 | 1 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum year 2015 | 23/51 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 2015 | 28/86 | - |
| 2025 |  Igtonumama | Top 100 Music Albums of 2015 | 63/100 | 2 |
| 2024 |  srogers900 | Top 42 Music Albums of 2015 | 36/42 | 1 |
| 2022 |  PanheadWarrior | Top 55 Music Albums of 2015 | 25/55 | 3 |
| 2022 |  Cabrones | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 80/100 | 4 |
| 2022 | Cabrones | Top 39 Music Albums of 2015 | 4/39 | 5 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 22 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 100 | |||
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Smoke + Mirrors ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/13/2026 16:18 | araidernomore | 502 | 69/100 |
| ! | 07/13/2026 10:23 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,673 | 70/100 |
| ! | 06/12/2025 15:01 | thepardunk | 2,587 | 69/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 58.0/100, a mean average of 56.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 56.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 23.0.
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I'm honesty so disappointed right now. Imagine Dragons has the talent and following to be a fantastic, generational defining band. But following this sophomore release, I'm left with a bitter taste in my mouth. All the songs rely on a generic drum beat and each is less imaginative than the last. At no point did I get emotionally engaged in a song and a few were actually hard to sit through. All in all, an embarrassing effort. If this is the direction Imagine Dragons wants to take, they will soon fade into obscurity.
Anti TOP 100 COMMENTER 02/20/2015 04:42 | #135332
I'm just curious, is it the fact that these guys are mainstream the reason why all of you guys are so harsh on them? Let go of that barrier, sheesh.
mickilennial 05/11/2015 18:05 | #141309 | TOP COMMENT
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Imagine Dragons is the Linkin Park of the 2010s.
louisjwyatt TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/22/2015 01:38 | #142180 | TOP COMMENT
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It's really not that bad, it's just not very interesting. It's what you would expect from a huge pop act these days. I actually like the seemingly African influenced beats on some of the tracks, and that's coming from someone who didn't expect this to even be worth his time. It'll be a decent listen until it's shoved down our throats by every Top 40 station out there, so enjoy it while you can.
The only thing that really sucks about the album is the cover art.
zags7000 06/06/2015 08:11 | #143165 | TOP COMMENT
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The fact that they are a mainstream band doesn't hide the fact that this is just bad. Night Visions had potential and some really good songs but this is very disappointing.
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