China Gate
by Cul De Sac
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China Gate is ranked as the best album by Cul De Sac.
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China Gate track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 74 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
China Gate rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 8 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Post-Rock | 46/100 | - |
| 2026 | RockyRaccoon | Top 54 Music Albums of 1996 | 23/54 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Kalos | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 70/100 | 6 |
| 2026 |  ssteve | Top 66 Music Albums of 1996 | 47/66 | 2 |
| 2026 |  DommeDamian | Scaruffi Best Albums of 1996 | 12/100 | - |
| 2025 |  Xxnu99etxX | Top 77 Music Albums of 1996 | 43/77 | 2 |
| 2024 |  Arthurknight | Top 100 Music Albums of 1996 | 27/100 | 4 |
| 2024 | sonicdiscourse | The 90s Vol 1 | 61/64 | - |
| 2023 | glynspsa | Top 100 Music Albums of 1996 | 34/100 | 3 |
| 2023 |  AfterHours | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 81/100 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 28 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 86 | |||
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China Gate ratings
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av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 05/08/2025 14:46 | cicadelic | 13,815 | 73/100 |
| ! | 10/17/2023 12:22 | ssteve | 2,581 | 76/100 |
| ! | 05/02/2023 07:33 | DommeDamian | 7,699 | 48/100 |
Rating metrics:
Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.2/100, a mean average of 79.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 9.8.
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Forum mentions
NoisyBeast 11/24/2020 04:39 in What album are you listening to right now?
Repo 11/30/2018 00:14 in What album are you listening to right now?China Gate comments
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Merging tribal minimilism, free jazz, electronics and surf music, Cul De Sac have created an austere and ambitious, but sophisticated and elegant work, that has Canterbury and Krautrock pretensions.
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