On Land And In The Sea
by Cardiacs
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Cardiacs bestography
On Land And In The Sea is ranked 3rd best out of 22 albums by Cardiacs on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Cardiacs is Sing To God which is ranked number 2581 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 615.
(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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On Land And In The Sea track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
On Land And In The Sea 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 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 1989 | 41/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | Elauqsapid | The 100 Greatest Music Albums Vol. 2 | 36/58 | - |
| 2026 |  Patman360 | Top 86 Music Albums of 1989 | 27/86 | 3 |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1989 | 76/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Wasinski | Top 100 Music Albums of 1989 | 74/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | Untitled | Top 26 Music Albums of 1989 | 24/26 | 1 |
| 2025 | Moondance | Recently Departed: 2023 | 97/100 | - |
| 2025 | Elauqsapid | Top 54 Music Albums of the 1980s | 12/54 | 16 |
| 2024 | LosWochos | Top 100 Music Albums of 1989 | 61/100 | 2 |
| 2024 | larson018 | Top 25 Greatest Music Albums | 4/25 | 65 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 28 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 178 | |||
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On Land And In The Sea ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/20/2026 19:03 |  RasmV | 2,614 | 73/100 |
| ! | 07/27/2026 10:30 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,834 | 70/100 |
| ! | 04/04/2026 00:43 | Untitled | 1,811 | 77/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.0/100, a mean average of 71.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.9.
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Mercury 03/27/2018 15:23 in What album are you listening to right now?On Land And In The Sea comments
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The Cardiacs most fluent album. Every song flows nicely from the previous and the classic line-up were probably at their best live around this time. No real week songs and a number of live favourites such as Roger the Horse and Arnald. However, the real stand out moments are Buds and Spawn and the Everson Closely Guarded Line. The latter a complex mix of sound and texture and probably their best song ever
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