Astronauts And Heretics
by Thomas Dolby
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Thomas Dolby bestography
Astronauts And Heretics is ranked 4th best out of 12 albums by Thomas Dolby on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Thomas Dolby is The Golden Age Of Wireless which is ranked number 4411 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 327.
(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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Astronauts And Heretics track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Astronauts And Heretics rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 8 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | TroutMaskGreg | Top 18 Music Albums of 1992 | 5/18 | 4 |
| 2026 | TroutMaskGreg | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 44/100 | 11 |
| 2026 |  neilgee | Top 34 Music Albums of 1992 | 6/34 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Leonard | Top 100 Music Albums of 1992 | 92/100 | 0 |
| 2025 | Junomoogmello | Top 54 Music Albums of the 1990s | 17/54 | 14 |
| 2025 | skrapoel | Top 49 Music Albums of 1992 | 5/49 | 5 |
| 2025 | skrapoel | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 45/100 | 11 |
| 2025 | arnellarsen | Top 75 Music Albums of 1992 | 16/75 | 4 |
| 2025 | neilgee | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 34/100 | 13 |
| 2023 | glynspsa | Top 100 Music Albums of 1992 | 62/100 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 18 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 99 | |||
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Astronauts And Heretics ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 12/01/2025 03:11 |  Kingturtle | 7,579 | 73/100 |
| ! | 12/09/2024 19:59 | TonySayers61 | 25,764 | 64/100 |
| ! | 03/28/2024 18:55 | LosWochos | 47,678 | 75/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.2/100, a mean average of 69.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 69.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.9.
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neilgee 12/01/2025 16:38 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) neilgee 03/13/2022 01:00 in What album are you listening to right now?Astronauts And Heretics comments
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Quite an interesting collection of songs. The music is quite diverse and the songwriting is clever. Thomas Dolby is an underrated songwriter in my opinion. Personally I prefer tracks like 'Beauty of a Dream' and 'I Love You Goodbye' to the more 'rocky' 'Close But No Cigar', although the Eddie Van Halen Guitar solo makes the track.
Not his best record but worth a listen.
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