Starfish (studio album) by The Church
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Starfish is ranked as the best album by The Church.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 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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75/100  | 06/05/2025 11:54 | machiaj | | 72/100 |
70/100 | 05/23/2025 21:07 | iii25 | | 65/100 |
75/100 | 02/20/2025 13:09 | SomethingSpecial | | 82/100 |
75/100 | 02/04/2025 05:07 | stevengnz | | 73/100 |
50/100 | 01/14/2025 19:33 |  Dingerbell | | 62/100 |
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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 78.2/100, a mean average of 77.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.2.
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Australian music & songwriting at its best ~ well worth a listen.
Even the songs that aren't as great fit in the mood and contribute to the overall atmosphere of the album.
nocturnaldelight 09/03/2018 20:48
Brilliant atmospheric album from one of the most underrated bands in history. "Under the Milky Way" was the right choice for the single release but the whole album has incredible and very different songs with great guitar sound. 9/10 perfect tracks made to listen during dark winter nights. The only one i don't like is "Spark".
This a criminally underrated album, and an underrated band in general. As a big fan of new wave, this is one of my favorite albums in the genre.
Best tracks: Under the Milky Way, Reptile, Destination, Spark
I don't throw statements like this out often: IMO, this is the most underrated album of all time. You would be just as hard pressed to find The Church fans here in the U.S. as you would be to find a bad song on this album. It is catchy, different, and has a spacey feel that I haven't heard in anything else. A masterpiece for sure.
This is a pretty cool album by The Church. Some great tracks like Reptile, Destination, A New Season and the classic Under the Milky Way. Would definitely recommend people to give this one a spin or two. It provides a dreamy sound to it with the tone of the instrumentation, very atmospheric.
HoldenM 02/13/2015 23:38
Adore it from top to bottom.
A fantastic Australian band and this is their finest album. They did have some great songs on earlier albums
Everybody hopefully knows about the classic "Milky Way", but "destination"
Before it is a great lead in song..... & what about "reptile".... FINE
Pretty damn good album, but not ANYWHERE near as good as Heyday.
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