Ocean Songs
by Dirty Three
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Ocean Songs is ranked as the best album by Dirty Three.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Ocean Songs rankings summary
Overall rank: 1,639th | 1990s rank: 291st | 1998 rank: 30th 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 |
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| 2026 | martintho | Top 42 Music Albums of 1998 | 42/42 | 0 |
| 2026 | Juneof44 | Top 50 Music Albums of 1998 | 8/50 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Romanelli | Top 85 Music Albums of 1998 | 64/85 | 1 |
| 2026 |  cestuneblague | Top 100 Music Albums of 1998 | 14/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | stangetzaway | Top 21 Music Albums of 1998 | 9/21 | 3 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Dirty Three: So Far.. | 2/3 | - |
| 2026 | stangetzaway | Best Australian Albums | 49/100 | - |
| 2026 | AAL2014 | Top 60 Music Albums of 1998 | 26/60 | 3 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 100 Music Albums of 1998 | 61/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Hayden | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 84/100 | 17 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 178 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,047 | |||
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| ! | 12/29/2025 18:20 | mutant | 1,671 | 56/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 7% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.3/100, a mean average of 74.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.5.
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donsleep94 07/04/2016 20:41 | #170545 | TOP COMMENT
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I feel like I am on a small boat and I get carried away by the waves. Great atmosphere. (Edited)
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CellarDoor TOP 100 COMMENTER 08/12/2010 03:19 | #14250 | TOP COMMENT
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CellarDoor TOP 100 COMMENTER 08/12/2010 03:19 | #14250 | TOP COMMENT
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It's "post-rock", so sure, it sounds like Godspeed etc..., but it has it's own special atmosphere like few others ("Spiderland" is another). Hope you find it soon :)
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lleon79 TOP 100 COMMENTER 03/22/2017 18:18 | #187878 | TOP COMMENT
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lleon79 TOP 100 COMMENTER 03/22/2017 18:18 | #187878 | TOP COMMENT
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It's a very simple but beautiful album. It doesn't have much going on but it doesn't need to. I'm sure that after listening to it more times it'll grow on me. (Edited)
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Puncture Repair 05/11/2013 13:44 | #75806 | TOP COMMENT
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Ignore my previous comment. This is some of the most gorgeous music I've ever had the pleasure of hearing. It never outstays it's welcome.
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louisjwyatt TOP 100 COMMENTER 09/23/2015 22:05 | #150316 | TOP COMMENT
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Just an absolutely beautiful album. If you don't give it your full attention, you won't really get much out of it, and it will probably come across as a bit too repetitive. But if you really just sit down with it, man do you feel it. These guys truly know how to say more with music than they could possibly conceptualize with words. There's so much emotion in their playing.
Additionally, I think it's really interesting hearing an Albini-produced album that isn't heavy and punk-oriented. Who knew he could bring out so much soul in a drummer who's using brushes? Ocean Songs is a very unlikely classic that can be whatever you make it. (Edited)
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