Polydistortion
by GusGus
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GusGus bestography
Polydistortion is ranked 3rd best out of 11 albums by GusGus on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by GusGus is This Is Normal which is ranked number 10408 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 116.
(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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Polydistortion track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Polydistortion 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 |  DommeDamian | Scaruffi Best Albums of 1995 | 83/100 | - |
| 2026 | cicadelic | L'Indic 1997 Le choix des critiques | 19/51 | - |
| 2026 | DommeDamian | Scaruffi Best Albums of 1997 | 74/100 | - |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Les Inrocks Les meilleurs albums 1997 | 23/50 | - |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 90 Music Albums of 1997 | 90/90 | 0 |
| 2025 | mostlymor | Top 100 Music Albums of 1997 | 51/100 | 3 |
| 2025 |  bojolpif71 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1997 | 68/100 | 2 |
| 2025 | ThuramThugood | Top 33 Music Albums of 1997 | 31/33 | 0 |
| 2025 |  CellarDoor | 4AD Music | 14/98 | - |
| 2025 | skrapoel | Top 50 Music Albums of 1997 | 31/50 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 27 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 63 | |||
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Polydistortion ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 12/02/2025 12:22 | mostlymor | 7,053 | 79/100 |
| ! | 05/21/2025 18:09 | TodFitz | 27,369 | 63/100 |
| ! | 02/13/2025 13:50 | cicadelic | 14,138 | 73/100 |
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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 75.2/100, a mean average of 73.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.8.
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Polydistortion forum mentions
NoisyBeast 01/28/2022 22:05 in What album are you listening to right now?Polydistortion comments
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Boltzmann TOP 100 COMMENTER 06/16/2021 07:04 | #270696
Strange, but not so strange sounding marriage between new wave and techno. Perfect to just vibe to from start to end, but I usually don't vividly remember one track.
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