Chiastic Slide
by Autechre
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Autechre bestography
Chiastic Slide is ranked 4th best out of 40 albums by Autechre on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Autechre is Tri Repetae which is ranked number 2201 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 748.
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Chiastic Slide track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Chiastic Slide 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 69 Music Albums of 1997 | 23/69 | 3 |
| 2026 |  DommeDamian | Top 43 Music Albums of 1997 | 18/43 | 3 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 93 Music Albums of 1997 | 37/93 | 3 |
| 2026 | DommeDamian | Scaruffi Best Albums of 1997 | 5/100 | - |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 1997 | 22/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 1997 | 62/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Patman360 | Top 99 Music Albums of 1997 | 83/99 | 1 |
| 2026 | boyd94 | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 65/100 | 35 |
| 2026 |  ERadio | Top 50 Music Albums of 1997 | 31/50 | 2 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 90 Music Albums of 1997 | 44/90 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 50 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 323 | |||
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Chiastic Slide ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 05/28/2026 04:54 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,500 | 70/100 |
| ! | 02/19/2026 20:44 | DommeDamian | 7,862 | 48/100 |
| ! | 10/24/2025 12:45 | Proto | 4,418 | 33/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.6/100, a mean average of 76.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.1.
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Another great summary and I 100 percent agree with it. I deliberated long and hard whether to include 'Chiastic Slide' or the equally brilliant 'Incunabula' in my chart. I eventually decided on the latter but tomorrow this could change.
While Amber is indeed my favorite(it was my first meeting with this duo), Chiastic Slide definitely comes second. This album's sound is so refined and hypnotic, rather repetitive(as with much of their music), but the transcendental industrial machine-hymns are complemented with moments of pure noise or weird experimental sounds, like the 2nd track Rettic AC, which is just pure noise. This is a really 'smart' album, not something you go around listening to everyday, but a bit like Faust self-titled debut album, though less challenging.
Proves to be weaker than Autechre's previous landmark record "Tri Repetae", but the substitution of ambient techno for harsher glitch/noise is an interesting evolution in their music and although the tracks on "Chiastic Slide" are quite lengthy and repetitive, they do start to become hypnotic with further listens.
Thankfully, "Chiastic Slide" still retains Autechre's greatest quality: the ability to translate complex layers of electronica into something digestible and human. "Cichli" in particular is stunning.
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