Ride The Skies
by Lightning Bolt

Ride The Skies by Lightning Bolt
Year: 2001
Overall rank: 11,119th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 30 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2001 (201st)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (1,951st)
Award Best albums of all time (11,119th)

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Lightning Bolt bestography

Ride The Skies is ranked 3rd best out of 7 albums by Lightning Bolt on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Lightning Bolt is Wonderful Rainbow which is ranked number 4105 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 349.

Lightning Bolt album bestography « Higher ranked (11,073rd)
Hypermagic Mountain
This album (11,119th)
Ride The Skies
Lower ranked (16,051st) »
Sonic Citadel

(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 rankings

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Overall rank: 11,119th | 2000s rank: 1,951st | 2001 rank: 201st

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Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 30 votes)
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95/100
 
12/14/2025 21:23 Kingturtle  Ratings distribution  7,53073/100
 
90/100
 
08/17/2025 03:48 mttr-in-plc  Ratings distribution  19288/100
 
70/100
 
06/17/2025 22:05 idiotican  Ratings distribution  2,80374/100
 
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05/03/2024 22:25 thepardunk  Ratings distribution  2,57269/100
 
90/100
 
06/23/2023 03:12 Repo  Ratings distribution  2,15285/100

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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.3/100, a mean average of 75.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.7.

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85/100
From 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.
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From 11/04/2017 05:19 | #200669
Best Tracks: Ride The Sky, 13 Monsters
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From 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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