Cast In Steel
by a-ha
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Cast In Steel is ranked 15th best out of 20 albums by a-ha on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by a-ha is Hunting High And Low which is ranked number 1829 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 924.
(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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Cast In Steel track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Cast In Steel rankings
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 6 hours ago).
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 |  RevolverCB72 | Top 20 Music Albums of 2015 | 11/20 | 3 |
| 2023 | RevolverCB72 | a-ha: Best Studio Albums | 10/11 | - |
| 2018 |  Crumpet | Top 6 Music Albums of the 2010s | 5/6 | 7 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 3 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 9 | |||
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Cast In Steel ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 02/23/2026 01:17 | iann97 | 2,085 | 74/100 |
| ! | 09/12/2025 15:24 |  Tamthebam | 23,189 | 69/100 |
| ! | 05/04/2023 12:59 | RevolverCB72 | 1,808 | 76/100 |
| ! | 12/12/2022 22:50 | LosWochos | 47,315 | 75/100 |
| ! | 12/04/2021 08:51 |  CaptainPain | 3,415 | 61/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 69.9/100, a mean average of 68.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 68.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.6.
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Crumpet 01/05/2018 16:24 | #204639
I've softened on this album since it came out, there isn't a wide range of quality here, nothing excellent, nothing awful. I would argue that this may well still be their worst album, though it is often switched with 'Stay on These Roads' or 'Minor Earth Major Sky' which may not be as consistent, but they also have some absolute classics on them, I can't say the same for 'Cast in Steel'.
The best tracks are the opening four (Especially the title track), "Giving up the Ghost" (Perhaps my favourite) and "Living at the End of the World".
The only weak track here is "Shadow Endevours", which is not good. Not a bad effort, but not their best at all.
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