Distant Plastic Trees
by The Magnetic Fields
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The Magnetic Fields bestography
Distant Plastic Trees is ranked 8th best out of 15 albums by The Magnetic Fields on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Magnetic Fields is 69 Love Songs which is ranked number 501 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,426.
(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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Distant Plastic Trees track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Distant Plastic Trees rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  meccalecca | Top 69 Music Albums of 1991 | 45/69 | 2 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 1991 | 57/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Hayden | Top 50 Music Albums of 1991 | 23/50 | 3 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 1991 | 61/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Kalos | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 97/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  DommeDamian | June 26: 201-300 | 81/100 | - |
| 2026 | DommeDamian | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 60/100 | 8 |
| 2026 | DommeDamian | Top 34 Music Albums of 1991 | 12/34 | 3 |
| 2026 |  imimesis | Top 15 Music Albums of 1991 | 15/15 | 0 |
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 32 Music Albums of 1991 | 20/32 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 36 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 144 | |||
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Distant Plastic Trees ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 04/08/2026 06:53 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,672 | 70/100 |
| ! | 02/10/2026 19:05 | DommeDamian | 7,767 | 48/100 |
| ! | 11/30/2025 07:51 |  Kingturtle | 7,579 | 73/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.9/100, a mean average of 73.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.5.
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SingingPeasant96 TOP 100 COMMENTER 08/17/2014 16:04 | #119662 | TOP COMMENT
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Miss their early sounds...
My favourite album by the Magnetic Fields. '100,000 Fireflies' is one of the most beautiful songs ever made.
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