Metallic Spheres
by The Orb Featuring David Gilmour
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The Orb Featuring David Gilmour bestography
Metallic Spheres is ranked 12th best out of 35 albums by The Orb on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Orb is The Orb's Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld which is ranked number 2281 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 719.
(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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Metallic Spheres track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Metallic Spheres rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | cicadelic | The Word Best Albums 2010 | 10/10 | - |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2010 | 65/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | arnellarsen | Top 71 Music Albums of 2010 | 52/71 | 1 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 79 Music Albums of 2010 | 64/79 | 1 |
| 2026 |  sssvnnn | Top 80 Music Albums of 2010 | 53/80 | 2 |
| 2025 |  Robert Anton Wilson | Pink Floyd & The Dark side of the Moon | 29/54 | - |
| 2025 | sssvnnn | Berlin School 21st | 51/100 | - |
| 2025 | sssvnnn | Floydian | 59/100 | - |
| 2023 | ThuramThugood | Ranked - The Orb (UK) - Ranked | 13/35 | - |
| 2018 |  bobbyb5 | Top 18 Music Albums of 2010 | 6/18 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 13 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 14 | |||
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Metallic Spheres ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 08/08/2026 13:32 | cicadelic | 14,192 | 73/100 |
| ! | 10/11/2023 16:35 | angryandy | 2,373 | 70/100 |
| ! | 07/24/2023 05:49 |  zags7000 | 20,568 | 64/100 |
Rating metrics:
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.3/100, a mean average of 69.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 69.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.7.
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