Mars Audiac Quintet
by Stereolab
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Mars Audiac Quintet is ranked 4th best out of 27 albums by Stereolab on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Stereolab is Dots And Loops which is ranked number 973 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,779.
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Mars Audiac Quintet track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| 12/05/2025 06:36 |  Kingturtle | 7,579 | 73/100 | |
| 10/22/2025 21:24 |  EyeKanFly | 8,427 | 65/100 | |
| 09/05/2025 17:47 |  melisandre | 151 | 88/100 | |
| 08/08/2025 03:21 |  Special | 2,664 | 72/100 | |
| 08/07/2025 20:07 | morphee | 1,198 | 84/100 |
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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 78.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.7.
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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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