Soft Sounds From Another Planet
by Japanese Breakfast
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Japanese Breakfast bestography
Soft Sounds From Another Planet is ranked 2nd best out of 10 albums by Japanese Breakfast on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Japanese Breakfast is Jubilee which is ranked number 936 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,856.
(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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Soft Sounds From Another Planet track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Soft Sounds From Another Planet rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 7 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 13/100 | 18 |
| 2026 | Mrump | Top 31 Music Albums of 2017 | 21/31 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Repo | Top 71 Music Albums of 2017 | 8/71 | 5 |
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2017 | 64/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  HoldenM | Top 100 Music Albums of 2017 | 61/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  seb7 | October | 12/21 | - |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 95 Music Albums of 2017 | 55/95 | 2 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 2017 | 64/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | 2010s 65rating (64.71-64.17), #001-100* | 44/95 | - |
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 100 Music Albums of 2017 | 30/100 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 148 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 477 | |||
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Soft Sounds From Another Planet ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/21/2026 05:53 | ASOARE | 2,553 | 78/100 |
| ! | 07/07/2026 20:02 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,165 | 70/100 |
| ! | 03/01/2026 17:31 | sweetness | 1,127 | 79/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.3/100, a mean average of 77.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 9.7.
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Soft Sounds From Another Planet forum mentions
imacgill 01/08/2026 00:09 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
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One of the best indie releases of 2017. Fantastic voice, fantastic flow to the album, good lyrics and a rather interesting sound. Not just peak girlpower, but a great album through and through. (Edited)
luigybetis TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/25/2018 18:13 | #213640 | TOP COMMENT
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Wow what an album... Not a bad song in here, and it is cohesive as well. Top 10 2017. 8.5/10.
There are some truly great moments, both lyrically and musically, but the record doesn't really come together to form a satisfying whole. Zauner has considerable talent in writing, less so when it comes to her sometimes irritating vocals. The production is overrall quite pleasant and shoegazey but hardly ever makes an attempt to push boundaries (the only exception being the bizarre, underrated lead single "Machinist"). Perhaps there's an atmosphere missing, a certain mood that flows throughout a great album, that should be here based on the themes and the title of the record. However, it's still a worthwhile listen.
Excellent dream pop, underrated for 2017
Personally it didn't quite hit the highs of Psychopomp but all in all I can definitely say I'm a fan of this album. Machinist and This House are well worth your time and I'm definitely looking forward to the next release by Japanese Breakfast.
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