Submarine Bells
by The Chills
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The best album by Martin Phillipps & The Chills is Submarine Bells which is ranked number 5308 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 261.
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Submarine Bells track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Submarine Bells rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  neilgee | Top 100 Music Albums of 1990 | 81/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Fire Records: The First 40 Years | 32/80 | - |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | 1990 2nd chart | 21/53 | - |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 74 Music Albums of 1990 | 39/74 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Wasinski | Top 85 Music Albums of 1990 | 75/85 | 1 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 1990 | 86/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Norman Bates | Top 100 Music Albums of 1990 | 49/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 1990 | 25/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  cestuneblague | Top 100 Music Albums of 1990 | 88/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 100 Music Albums of 1990 | 14/100 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 78 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 261 | |||
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Submarine Bells ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 04/20/2026 20:04 |  Milhaud | 2,164 | 71/100 |
| ! | 04/17/2026 16:48 | gmessian | 385 | 60/100 |
| ! | 04/14/2026 21:54 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,023 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 15% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.1/100, a mean average of 73.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.3.
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Submarine Bells forum mentions
Norman Bates 06/26/2023 07:45 in 2023 Music
MadhattanJack 05/13/2022 09:38 in What album are you listening to right now?
dmercado 11/18/2015 08:10 in favourite Paisley underground/jangle pop albumsSubmarine Bells comments
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A beautiful record which deserves to be heard by more. The snarl of oncoming day the pop of heavenly pop hit and the heart melting beauty of the title track indeed it it is great to chill out to submarine bells
With "True Colurs" by Split Enz the best album to come out of New Zealand. Definitely one of the most consistent guitar pop albums you'll ever here. Deserves to be heard by a much wider audience.
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