Cosmic Tones For Mental Therapy
by Sun Ra And His Myth Science Arkestra
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Sun Ra And His Myth Science Arkestra bestography
Cosmic Tones For Mental Therapy is ranked 6th best out of 90 albums by Sun Ra on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Sun Ra is Lanquidity which is ranked number 2088 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 800.
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Cosmic Tones For Mental Therapy track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Cosmic Tones For Mental Therapy rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 1 hour ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Norman Bates | Top 100 Music Albums of 1967 | 25/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | pjerske | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 58/100 | 9 |
| 2026 |  Hayden | Top 100 Music Albums of 1967 | 81/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | Hyggevinyl | Top 51 Music Albums of 1967 | 49/51 | 0 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Sun Ra: So Far.. | 11/24 | - |
| 2026 | AAL2014 | Top 79 Music Albums of 1967 | 38/79 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1967 | 50/100 | 3 |
| 2025 |  travelful | Top 100 Music Albums of 1967 | 59/100 | 2 |
| 2025 |  KitchenSink | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 18/100 | 17 |
| 2025 | MarquisMarc | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 2/100 | 89 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 37 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 174 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/24/2026 03:49 | smithc4jc | 87 | 74/100 |
| ! | 08/23/2026 02:53 | AAL2014 | 4,342 | 75/100 |
| ! | 10/06/2024 23:17 |  EyeKanFly | 9,059 | 65/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 13% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.3/100, a mean average of 74.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.7.
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Cosmic Tones For Mental Therapy forum mentions
NoisyBeast 03/18/2022 14:48 in What album are you listening to right now?
Komorebi-D 01/10/2017 01:49 in 1967 Norman Bates 01/05/2014 19:17 in BSAT Round #1: CLOSED - Sun Ra def. Frank ZappaCosmic Tones For Mental Therapy comments
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Sun Ra music is joy, struggle, love, cameraderie, the full human experience. And above all else, freedom itself, infinite and magical.
From the very opening notes of "And Otherness", and through the rest of the album and so many dozens of his records, I knew I had found something life-changing but indescribable, a feeling like home or love, you just know it when you experience it. That sounds ridiculously hyperbolic it is true yet still a self-evident experience for me twenty years later.
Sun Ra revolutionized everything I knew about music. I worship dozens of his 100 or so albums. Not everyone will hear it (get it), yet certainly made for everyone.
JulianR TOP 100 COMMENTER 09/22/2017 04:21 | #198499 | TOP COMMENT
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A pretty intriguing album, but one that I fail to find many truly gripping moments in. Moondance had a couple, but most of it was just, kinda- i dont know. I hope you know what I mean cuz I don't. And I would consider myself one who is receptive to very free jazz stuff.
Also, lay off the echo pedal man
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