Pre-Millennium Tension
by Tricky
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Tricky bestography
Pre-Millennium Tension is ranked 2nd best out of 17 albums by Tricky on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Tricky is Maxinquaye which is ranked number 896 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,938.
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Pre-Millennium Tension track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Pre-Millennium Tension rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 1 hour ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  covecove | Top 100 Music Albums of 1996 | 54/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  DommeDamian | Scaruffi Best Albums of 1992 | 66/100 | - |
| 2026 |  ssteve | Top 68 Music Albums of 1996 | 63/68 | 0 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Les Inrocks Les meilleurs albums 1996 | 10/50 | - |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1996 | 81/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | DommeDamian | Scaruffi Best Albums of 1996 | 54/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Romanelli | Top 83 Music Albums of 1996 | 57/83 | 2 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 94 Music Albums of 1996 | 18/94 | 4 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 1996 | 18/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  sssvnnn | Top 79 Music Albums of 1996 | 29/79 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 86 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 253 | |||
Pre-Millennium Tension collection
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Pre-Millennium Tension ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 10/03/2026 17:10 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,308 | 70/100 |
| ! | 09/15/2026 18:57 |  CellarDoor | 8,907 | 79/100 |
| ! | 07/21/2026 09:02 | ornot27 | 333 | 71/100 |
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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 73.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.2.
Pre-Millennium Tension favourites
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Pre-Millennium Tension forum mentions
pedro1976 05/04/2025 08:44 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) Romanelli 07/29/2024 22:38 in The Romanelli Music Diary: Mexican Moon Romanelli 03/08/2024 19:34 in What album are you listening to right now?View all forum mentions
Pre-Millennium Tension comments
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Boltzmann TOP 100 COMMENTER 03/03/2020 12:14 | #248444 | TOP COMMENT
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Just overall a bad time. Can't believe this is the same artist as the one that made Maxinquaye. (Edited)
Dark, trippy, genre-defining.
Album Rating: 73.27
(806/11)
1. "Vent" 3:04 - 72
2. "Christiansands" 3:52 - 78
3. "Tricky Kid" 4:11 - 69
4. "Bad Dream" 4:12 - 80
5. "Makes Me Wanna Die" 4:02 - 81
6. "Ghetto Youth" 5:37 - 66
7. "Sex Drive" 3:51 - 69
8. "Bad Things" 5:12 - 68
9. "Lyrics of Fury" 3:21 - 68
10. "My Evil Is Strong" 3:59 - 69
11. "Piano" 4:14 - 86
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