Optical Delusion
by Orbital
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Orbital bestography
Optical Delusion is ranked 7th best out of 16 albums by Orbital on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Orbital is Orbital (1993) which is ranked number 3408 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 443.
(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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Optical Delusion track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Optical Delusion rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  ssteve | Top 44 Music Albums of 2023 | 38/44 | 1 |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 35 Music Albums of 2023 | 10/35 | 4 |
| 2026 | tillz | Top 50 Music Albums of the 2020s | 33/50 | 7 |
| 2025 |  desh79 | Top 60 Music Albums of 2023 | 53/60 | 1 |
| 2025 |  Igtonumama | Top 100 Music Albums of 2023 | 65/100 | 2 |
| 2025 | PapaShiz86 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2023 | 98/100 | 0 |
| 2024 | stevengnz | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2020s | 42/100 | 12 |
| 2024 | FieryGunHand | Top 20 albums of 2023 according to me and my friends | 13/20 | - |
| 2023 | Louder Than War | Louder Than War Albums Of 2023 | 80/100 | 1 |
| 2023 | Crash Records | Top 40 of 2023 | 27/40 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 10 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 29 | |||
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Optical Delusion ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/19/2025 23:08 | PapaShiz86 | 11,689 | 79/100 |
| ! | 06/08/2025 05:29 | Proto | 4,275 | 33/100 |
| ! | 07/20/2024 03:25 | stevengnz | 2,611 | 73/100 |
Rating metrics:
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album has a Bayesian average rating of 69.4/100, a mean average of 67.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 67.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.1.
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Forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 02/17/2023 13:00 in Latest Releases (w\c 2023-02-13) (week 07, 2023)
MadhattanJack 02/16/2023 23:02 in What album are you listening to right now?Optical Delusion comments
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TBC...
Album Rating:
1.Ringa Ringa (The Old Pandemic Folk Song) (Feat. The Mediaeval Baebes)
2.Day One (Feat. Dina Ipavic)
3.Are You Alive? (Feat. Penelope Isles)
4.You Are The Frequency (Feat. The Little Pest)
5.The New Abnormal
6.Home (Feat. Anna B. Savage)
7.Dirty Rate (Feat. Sleaford Mods)
8.Requiem For The Pre-Apocalypse
9.What A Surprise (Feat. The Little Pest)
10.Moon Princess (Feat. Coppe)
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