Ride The Skies
by Lightning Bolt
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Lightning Bolt bestography
Ride The Skies is ranked 2nd best out of 7 albums by Lightning Bolt on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Lightning Bolt is Wonderful Rainbow which is ranked number 4331 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 334.
(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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Ride The Skies track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Ride The Skies rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  ssteve | Top 67 Music Albums of 2001 | 62/67 | 0 |
| 2026 |  DommeDamian | Scaruffi Best Albums of 2001 | 32/91 | - |
| 2026 | mttr-in-plc | Top 94 Music Albums of the 2000s | 14/94 | 17 |
| 2026 | mttr-in-plc | Top 99 Greatest Music Albums | 64/99 | 36 |
| 2025 | PapaShiz86 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2001 | 97/100 | 0 |
| 2024 | mttr-in-plc | Top 9 Music Albums of 2001 | 2/9 | 4 |
| 2024 | Johnnyo | U R C magazine greatest albums of 2000’s (201 - 300) | 19/100 | - |
| 2024 |  teague | Top 39 Music Albums of 2001 | 10/39 | 4 |
| 2024 | sonicdiscourse | 2001 To-Do List | 43/75 | - |
| 2024 | cmoshier | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 52/100 | 10 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 25 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 108 | |||
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Ride The Skies ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 06/23/2026 17:13 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,680 | 70/100 |
| ! | 12/14/2025 21:23 |  Kingturtle | 7,579 | 73/100 |
| ! | 08/17/2025 03:48 | mttr-in-plc | 196 | 88/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.0/100, a mean average of 75.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.5.
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Ride The Skies forum mentions
NoisyBeast 04/13/2023 20:58 in What album are you listening to right now?
Dingerbell 12/06/2013 20:45 in Favourite Album ArtworkRide The Skies comments
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teague TOP 100 COMMENTER 02/07/2021 18:11 | #265978
I wish I could write music like this. It makes my brain vibrate. Except for Wee Ones Parade, that's just two friends dickin around. I could do that if I had a friend.
Best Tracks: Ride The Sky, 13 Monsters
cattlest 09/03/2013 16:19 | #85116
My favorite Lightning Bolt album. I'd recommend this as an introduction to Lightning Bolt.
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