The Phantom Agony
by Epica
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Epica bestography
The Phantom Agony is ranked 8th best out of 18 albums by Epica on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Epica is Design Your Universe which is ranked number 2768 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 568.
(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 Phantom Agony track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Phantom Agony 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 | fabm0 | List 2003 Pt 2 | 27/39 | - |
| 2026 | mrmcrook | Top 43 Music Albums of 2003 | 27/43 | 2 |
| 2026 | SethGunde | Top 5 Music Albums of 2003 | 4/5 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Helios | Top 100 Music Albums of 2003 | 100/100 | 0 |
| 2026 | Museman | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 66/100 | 7 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | 4 My Chart Europe (without Gbr Irl Fra) | 5/100 | - |
| 2026 | steve397 | Top 11 Music Albums of 2003 | 8/11 | 2 |
| 2026 | steve397 | Top 77 Music Albums of the 2000s | 57/77 | 5 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | 1 My Chart All Time 2 | 8/100 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Top 18 Music Albums of 2003 | 3/18 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 27 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 158 | |||
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The Phantom Agony ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 07/03/2026 20:32 | Helios | 6,259 | 69/100 |
| ! | 03/31/2026 23:36 | mrmcrook | 1,132 | 77/100 |
| ! | 01/11/2026 01:00 | dhbarrett | 8,792 | 65/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 16% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.9/100, a mean average of 72.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.5.
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Not quite what I was hoping for and was a tad disappointed. Still good but I thought they'd be more heavier pieces throughout than there was. On a different note, Simone Simons has to be one of the best looking women in musical history. She's outstanding. (Edited)
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