Strange Strings (studio album)
by Sun Ra And His Astro-Infinity Arkestra
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Sun Ra And His Astro-Infinity Arkestra bestography
Strange Strings is ranked 22nd best out of 89 albums by Sun Ra on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Sun Ra is Lanquidity which is ranked number 1879 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 883.
(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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Strange Strings track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Strange Strings rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1967 | 53/100 | 2 | |
| 2025 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1967 | 27/100 | 4 | |
| 2025 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1967 | 97/100 | 0 | |
| 2024 | Top 50 Music Albums of 1967 | 42/50 | 1 | |
| 2021 | Top 46 Music Albums of the 1960s | 34/46 | 6 | |
| 2021 | Jizz Jazz 2020 | 52/100 | - | |
| 2020 | Top 35 Music Albums of 1967 | 21/35 | 2 | |
| 2019 | ReelBigToph | Top 100 Music Albums of 1967 | 79/100 | 1 |
| 2019 | My Top Jazz Albums of 1967 | 36/40 | - | |
| 2019 | Sun Ra Albums Ranked | 24/58 | - | |
| 2019 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 56/100 | 9 | |
| 2017 | Top 39 Music Albums of 1967 | 26/39 | 2 | |
| 2015 | More Albums of the 1960s... #501-600 | 47/100 | - | |
| 2015 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1967 | 81/100 | 1 | |
| 2013 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 94/100 | 1 | |
| 2012 | Pleine Conscience | 95/100 | - | |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 16 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 29 | |||
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Strange Strings ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 02/26/2024 17:31 | thepardunk | 2,547 | 69/100 |
| ! | 10/09/2023 17:52 | 1,459 | 80/100 | |
| ! | 06/13/2023 23:17 | LosWochos | 46,643 | 75/100 |
| ! | 06/04/2023 21:15 | BorderFreeAndrew | 14,500 | 74/100 |
| ! | 06/16/2022 14:18 | 4,627 | 78/100 |
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album is rated in the top 11% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.6/100, a mean average of 75.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.0.
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