The Sea And The Bells
by Rachel's

The Sea And The Bells by Rachel's
Year: 1996
Overall rank: 22,557th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 17 votes)
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Award Top albums of 1996 (403rd)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (3,472nd)
Award Best albums of all time (22,557th)

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Rachel's bestography

The Sea And The Bells is ranked 3rd best out of 6 albums by Rachel's on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Rachel's is Music For Egon Schiele which is ranked number 15757 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 72.

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This album (22,557th)
The Sea And The Bells
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Overall rank: 22,557th | 1990s rank: 3,472nd | 1996 rank: 403rd

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77/100 (from 17 votes)
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06/10/2026 20:13 MadhattanJack  Ratings distribution  5,90166/100
 
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05/12/2026 14:35 RockyRaccoon  Ratings distribution  7,07084/100
 
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11/15/2022 06:11 Arthurknight  Ratings distribution  9,59172/100
 
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.6/100, a mean average of 76.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.9.

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From 04/04/2018 20:49 | #212302
Listened to this album after seeing it on a list of best post-rock albums compiled by @RockyRaccoon . This album is heavy on atmospherics, random noise, and an overall dark texture. Strings are mixed in on a handful of songs. It's a little perplexing on my first listen through. There are some annoying parts like the high pitched screeching for the second half of the song, "The Sirens", which reminds me of scratching nails on a blackboard. These kinds of things annoy me and decrease from my listening pleasure. I hope to revisit this again in the near future and see if it grows any more on me. Both an interesting and an annoying album.
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From 07/31/2013 00:17 | #82768
Gorgeous.
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