Plastic Anniversary
by Matmos
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Matmos bestography
Plastic Anniversary is ranked 3rd best out of 14 albums by Matmos on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Matmos is Ultimate Care II which is ranked number 5653 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 241.
(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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Plastic Anniversary track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 74 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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| ! | 05/26/2026 17:04 |  Kalos | 1,168 | 77/100 |
| ! | 01/06/2026 22:55 | phh | 140 | 77/100 |
| ! | 12/17/2025 00:47 | Devilwoac | 1,379 | 97/100 |
| ! | 11/03/2025 01:26 |  ExTeaSea | 5,229 | 83/100 |
| ! | 06/20/2025 18:40 | Invader666 | 2,622 | 65/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.7/100, a mean average of 69.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.3.
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If there is a duo that can boast of longevity, it's Matmos. The San Francisco duo remains in their element with their experimental electro and original for two decades. This year, they return with their eleventh record named "Plastic Anniversary". Each album is dedicated to a sound or a universe. And as the title of the album indicates, Matmos devotes a cult to the plastic and it is not a coincidence if "Plastic Anniversary" is rich in plastic sounds. The crazy brains of MC Schmidt and Drew Daniel (and no one else) work and offer us experimental pieces ranging from the introduction of "Breaking Bread" to glitch-like looks to "The Singing Tube" and percussion "Interior". With Billiard Balls & Synthetic Fat, "" Extending The Plastiphere To GJ237b "and other" Thermoplastic Riot Shield "where all plastic objects are heard. After a crazy first part, the second part of Plastic Anniversary is darker with "Silicone Gel Implant" and "Fanfare For Polyethylene Waste Containers". Like the cacophonic carnival of "Collapse Of The Fourth Kingdom", Matmos offers us a completely incongruous disc ending on the sounds of Velcro, plastic bags and straw. With them, plastic is fantastic.
8/10
Best track: "Silicone Gel Implant"
Ross Geller's actual album. Dear me, definitely not my thing.
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