I Am The Cosmos
by Chris Bell
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I Am The Cosmos is ranked as the best album by Chris Bell.
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I Am The Cosmos track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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I Am The Cosmos rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 31 minutes ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Romanelli | Top 87 Music Albums of 1992 | 6/87 | 5 |
| 2026 |  meccalecca | Top 100 Music Albums of 1992 | 1/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 1992 | 35/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | BlueNote | Best Album Covers | 12/25 | - |
| 2026 | Romanelli | My Overall Chart: 101-200 | 78/100 | - |
| 2026 | BlueNote | Underrated Albums | 26/32 | - |
| 2026 | Jorbaa | My old top 100 | 48/100 | - |
| 2026 | Romanelli | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 53/100 | 10 |
| 2026 | BorderFreeAndrew | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 96/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1992 | 89/100 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 70 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 442 | |||
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I Am The Cosmos ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/21/2026 17:03 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,594 | 70/100 |
| ! | 03/08/2026 09:08 |  CellarDoor | 8,795 | 79/100 |
| ! | 12/01/2025 01:46 |  Kingturtle | 7,579 | 73/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.7/100, a mean average of 77.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.9.
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Forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 08/14/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5404): By pctrooper Romanelli 04/01/2026 17:00 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) Romanelli 12/04/2025 15:06 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)I Am The Cosmos comments
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Chris Bell is very underrated. Very powerful music here. I prefer it over any Big Star album.
flamingyesdept 02/28/2017 21:25 | #186546 | TOP COMMENT
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Virtually on a par with the three Big Star records, and that's saying something
More than just a tragic footnote to Big Star’s commercial failure, it’s a satisfying recording in its own right.
Amazing album. Not released until 14 years after Chris Bell's death. It saddens me to think of all the great music he could have made and the possibility that he could have reformed Big Star at some point. Title song, You and Your Sister, Speed of Sound are melodic classics. The album is a must for any fan of Big Star. If Bell would have stayed with Big Star these would have been their songs.
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