How To Measure A Planet?
by The Gathering (NL)

How To Measure A Planet? by The Gathering (NL)
Year: 1998
Overall rank: 5,034th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
81/100 (from 44 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1998 (87th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (833rd)
Award Best albums of all time (5,034th)

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 5,034th | 1990s rank: 833rd | 1998 rank: 87th
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2026steve397Top 7 Music Albums of 19983/74
2026 cestuneblagueTop 100 Music Albums of 199856/1002
2026steve397Top 66 Music Albums of the 1990s19/66 -
2026Drbassexpert24Top 91 Music Albums of the 1990s45/91 -
2026vruslovTop 94 Music Albums of 199851/942
2026 Robert Anton WilsonTop 100 Greatest Music Albums43/10058
2026 Robert Anton WilsonCustom chart42/61 -
2026 Robert Anton WilsonTop 100 Music Albums of the 1990s23/100 -
2026 videoheadcleanerTop 80 Music Albums of 199850/802
2025LandenbrookTop 29 Greatest Music Albums10/2960
2025 FischmanTop 100 Music Albums of 199883/1001
2024 ArthurknightTop 100 Music Albums of 199835/1003
2024kerminatorTop 6 Greatest Music Albums5/6 -
2023 Robert Anton WilsonMusic Women5/93 -
2023 GlitterboiiiTop 50 Music Albums of 199817/503
2023 mickilennialTop 100 Music Albums of the 1990s28/100 -
2023 MW19704UTop 100 Music Albums of 199848/1003
2022LosWochosTop 94 Music Albums of 199881/941
2021 NickVolosTop 100 Music Albums of 199820/1004
2020panapsalTop 100 Music Albums of 199850/1003
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 35
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 182
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81/100 (from 44 votes)
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04/25/2026 21:32 Robert Anton Wil  Ratings distribution  1,14184/100
 
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 80.5/100, a mean average of 81.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 82.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.2.

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From 04/10/2016 15:00 | #163591
It's incredibly good but also incredibly long
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From 09/29/2011 23:17 | #27918
Some interesting parts, some boring parts. It's also extremely long. Which doesn't bode well for the boring parts.
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