Mars Audiac Quintet
by Stereolab
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Mars Audiac Quintet is ranked 4th best out of 28 albums by Stereolab on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Stereolab is Dots And Loops which is ranked number 980 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,777.
(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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Mars Audiac Quintet track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Mars Audiac Quintet 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 |  DommeDamian | Scaruffi Best Albums of 1994 | 38/100 | - |
| 2026 | stangetzaway | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 23/100 | 16 |
| 2026 | Hyggevinyl | Top 63 Music Albums of 1994 | 38/63 | 2 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 1994 | 44/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 92 Music Albums of 1994 | 9/92 | 5 |
| 2026 |  ssteve | Top 70 Music Albums of 1994 | 34/70 | 3 |
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 71 Music Albums of 1994 | 45/71 | 2 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 100 Music Albums of 1994 | 32/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | stangetzaway | Top 23 Music Albums of 1994 | 1/23 | 5 |
| 2026 |  baystateoftheart | Top 100 Music Albums of 1994 | 9/100 | 5 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 113 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 474 | |||
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Mars Audiac Quintet ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/17/2026 23:57 | matterhornrider | 5,154 | 81/100 |
| ! | 04/15/2026 17:53 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,620 | 70/100 |
| ! | 04/14/2026 15:40 | Simon_bramhall | 1,393 | 77/100 |
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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 78.6/100, a mean average of 78.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.6.
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Frothy Anglo/French Synth pop of the highest order though the album is a little "front loaded". The extras disc in the expanded version is also excellent.
This is the album that earned the groop the affectionate nickname of "moog terrorists" among fans. This is mostly pop music, composed of multi-layered analog synthesizers (far more melodic and harmonious than on previous work), combined with Marx-influenced and anarchist lyrics, Can-like bass riffs, Neu!-ish motorik repetition, airy Beach Boys-esque bah-dee-bah backing vocals, and lounge orchestration. As if that weren't enough, the album contains cleverly rewritten (even if uncredited) reprises of previous material from such diverse origins as Canned Heat, The 5th Dimension, Steve Reich, Suicide, Lucia Pamela, with plenty more hidden winks and nods. The result is a comparative music treasure chest.
As one friend and music reviewer wrote on its August 1994 release, "Tim Gane's repetitive music and Laetitia Sadier's vocals clash in a decidedly intentional political irony." Wonderful from start to finish!
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