China Gate (studio album)
by Cul De Sac

China Gate by Cul De Sac
Year: 1996
Overall rank: 13,233rd   
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 22 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1996 (252nd)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (2,135th)
Award Best albums of all time (13,233rd)

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Cul De Sac bestography

China Gate is ranked as the best album by Cul De Sac.

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China Gate rankings

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Overall rank: 13,233rd | 1990s rank: 2,135th | 1996 rank: 252nd

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China Gate ratings

Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 22 votes)
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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 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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From 10/09/2011 04:19 | #28155
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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