The Ballasted Orchestra
by Stars Of The Lid
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The Ballasted Orchestra is ranked 4th best out of 9 albums by Stars Of The Lid on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Stars Of The Lid is And Their Refinement Of The Decline which is ranked number 2423 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 665.
(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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The Ballasted Orchestra track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Ballasted Orchestra rankings
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The Ballasted Orchestra ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 06/11/2026 21:30 | thepardunk | 2,587 | 69/100 |
| ! | 05/28/2026 10:48 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,469 | 70/100 |
| ! | 01/31/2025 19:52 |  cestuneblague | 8,252 | 80/100 |
| ! | 12/23/2023 00:15 | BorderFreeAndrew | 15,708 | 74/100 |
| ! | 02/11/2023 12:33 |  flamingyesdept | 2,945 | 77/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 6% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.6/100, a mean average of 76.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.9.
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Anti 11/28/2016 02:20 | #179239
Idk what I was thinking last year. This album is brilliant. I feel such high tensions throughout the majority of it, until the end where I feel some sort of relief.
Anti 12/06/2015 23:01 | #154047
I agree with andy from 2014. A lot less emotions in this work. But nonetheless enjoyable for me.
meh... I like a lot of drone/ambient stuff but this didn't really do it for me. Evoked no real thoughts or emotions and just a bit bland really.
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