Stratosfear
by Tangerine Dream
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Tangerine Dream bestography
Stratosfear is ranked 7th best out of 124 albums by Tangerine Dream on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Tangerine Dream is Phaedra which is ranked number 1187 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,474.
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Stratosfear track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Stratosfear rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 97 Music Albums of 1976 | 8/97 | 5 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 60 Music Albums of 1976 | 31/60 | 3 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Wanted Europe | 43/100 | - |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 100 Music Albums of 1976 | 91/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Robert Anton Wilson | Top 99 Music Albums of the 1970s | 84/99 | 3 |
| 2026 |  slatsheit | Top 57 Music Albums of 1976 | 43/57 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Liedzeit | Top 97 Music Albums of 1976 | 68/97 | 2 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | 4 My Chart Europe (without Gbr Irl Fra) | 96/100 | - |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 61 Music Albums of 1976 | 28/61 | 3 |
| 2026 | Robert Anton Wilson | Top 43 Music Albums of 1976 | 7/43 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 85 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 212 | |||
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Stratosfear ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/14/2026 23:34 | smithc4jc | 91 | 75/100 |
| ! | 06/01/2026 05:00 | matterhornrider | 5,216 | 81/100 |
| ! | 05/11/2026 04:24 | emnasut | 153 | 87/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 79.8/100, a mean average of 78.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.3.
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Stratosfear forum mentions
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Oozing with Mellotron washes, Mellotron flutes and Moog Modular ratcheted sequences, this album follows on where Ricochet left off with a more melodic musical structure. Where Zeit, Rubycon and Phaedra were predominantly sound collages, this album helps the listener more easily form those vast expansive wastes in their mind. The heavily processed guitar solo coming in near the end of the title track is a new addition in the Tangerine Dream arsenal. I have been fortunate enough to see Edgar Froesse play this live on a couple of occasions, sadly no more.
My brother recently listened to Stratosfear again and apparently his (much younger) girlfriend felt particularly uncomfortable with the unique music of TD. Funny. I cannot get away from the impression that Edgar Froese (RIP) has been particularly present in a large part of the compositions. The Mellotron, piano and especially electric guitar play an important role and more was composed than improvised. Ricochet is nicer, more authentic for various reasons (although: apparently that "live" album is a compilation of live fragments) and wonderfully expressive. Stratosfear suffers a bit from the programmed, but still profoundly benefits from the great, analogically generated sounds. The bass sequencers in particular are particularly strong in terms of melody as sound.
This is the point where you see the perfect transition of the band between experimental electronic music and progressive rock. Great work.
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