Forever Delayed (The Greatest Hits)
by Manic Street Preachers
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Manic Street Preachers bestography
Forever Delayed (The Greatest Hits) is ranked 17th best out of 19 albums by Manic Street Preachers on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Manic Street Preachers is The Holy Bible which is ranked number 515 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,367.
(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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Forever Delayed (The Greatest Hits) track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Forever Delayed (The Greatest Hits) 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 |  Leonard | Top 100 Music Albums of 2002 | 5/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 100 Music Albums of 2002 | 57/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Ilolahti | Top 45 Music Albums of the 2000s | 23/45 | 10 |
| 2025 | panapsal | Top 97 Music Albums of 2002 | 91/97 | 0 |
| 2025 | ThuramThugood | Ranked - Manic Street Preachers / Manics (UK) - Ranked | 18/18 | - |
| 2025 | Leonard | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 17/100 | 17 |
| 2025 |  Igtonumama | Top 100 Music Albums of 2002 | 100/100 | 0 |
| 2024 | Leonard | destroy your hifi-Set | 20/37 | - |
| 2022 | LosWochos | Top 99 Music Albums of 2002 | 58/99 | 2 |
| 2022 |  Goliath | Essential Collections | 19/60 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 14 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 52 | |||
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Forever Delayed (The Greatest Hits) ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 12/30/2025 12:42 | Ilolahti | 167 | 82/100 |
| ! | 09/01/2023 18:22 | Stevo796 | 1,153 | 73/100 |
| ! | 03/15/2023 14:20 | Igtonumama | 10,784 | 63/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.2/100, a mean average of 78.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.4.
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CharlieBarley 10/28/2017 22:59 in Albums You Added To Your Collection TodayForever Delayed (The Greatest Hits) comments
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This album would compliment any collection. 100% gold!
SingingPeasant96 TOP 100 COMMENTER 09/07/2013 06:20 | #85378
I like some re-recorded versions here.
Leonard 05/22/2015 09:54 | #142186
Some remixed versions are exellent!
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