Lanquidity
by Sun Ra
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Lanquidity is ranked as the best album by Sun Ra.
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Lanquidity track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Lanquidity rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Hayden | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 5/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  Kalos | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 90/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 80 Music Albums of 1978 | 24/80 | 4 |
| 2026 |  DommeDamian | Top 22 Music Albums of 1978 | 8/22 | 3 |
| 2026 | Foxforce5 | Top 25 Music Albums of 1978 | 10/25 | 3 |
| 2026 | stangetzaway | Top 45 Music Albums of 1978 | 16/45 | 3 |
| 2026 | daCritic | Top 41 Music Albums of 1978 | 12/41 | 4 |
| 2026 |  neilgee | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 47/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | Hayden | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 46/100 | 11 |
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 59 Music Albums of 1978 | 3/59 | 5 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 151 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 788 | |||
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Lanquidity ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/07/2026 02:33 | OldWiseOne1969 | 160 | 82/100 |
| ! | 10/02/2026 09:13 | Scrabbler | 294 | 76/100 |
| ! | 09/17/2026 00:42 |  AvalancheGrips | 788 | 84/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 82.0/100, a mean average of 82.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 82.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.5.
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Lanquidity forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 4 days ago in Chart of the day (#5478): By AvalancheGripsView latest topic →
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Giving it time (plenty) it reveals one of the best albums of all times, all categories. (Edited)
Onater 01/18/2018 23:40 | #205960 | TOP COMMENT
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Sun Ra decides to make something that's actually listenable for once. Still pretty bizarre by anyone else's standards though.
Very strange. Some really good tracks, but the last is a bit too "out there" for my taste.
JulianR TOP 100 COMMENTER 09/26/2017 03:07 | #198740 | TOP COMMENT
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very surreal jazz
Album Rating: 80.00
(400/5)
1.Lanquidity. 85
2.Where Pathways Meet. 76
3.That's How I Feel. 78
4.Twin Stars Of Thence. 78
5.There Are Other Worlds (They Have Not Told You Of). 83
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