Stratosphere
by Duster

Stratosphere by Duster
Year: 1998
Release date: 1998-02-24
Overall rank: 1,337th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 178 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1998 (21st)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (244th)
Award Best albums of all time (1,337th)

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Stratosphere is ranked as the best album by Duster.

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 1,337th | 1990s rank: 244th | 1998 rank: 21st
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2026 PurplepashTop 47 Music Albums of 199842/471
2026matterhornriderTop 40 Music Albums of 199823/402
2026 RepoTop 69 Music Albums of 199847/692
2026sunnydhammTop 27 Music Albums of 199811/273
2026VanillaBeanTop 15 Music Albums of 19981/155
2026stangetzawayTop 19 Music Albums of 19986/194
2026CripplingAutismTop 92 Music Albums of the 1990s36/9212
2026 DingerbellTop 10 Music Albums of 19985/103
2026 seb7Top 99 Music Albums of the 1990s17/9917
2026 HaydenTop 50 Music Albums of 199833/502
2026stangetzawayTop 100 Music Albums of the 1990s51/10010
2026Rm12398Top 26 Music Albums of 199816/262
2026 arthurbittencourtTop 100 Music Albums of the 1990s56/1009
2025 cestuneblagueTop 100 Music Albums of the 1990s81/1004
2025ArnaudDTop 100 Greatest Music Albums72/10027
202524kgoldieTop 29 Music Albums of the 1990s14/2911
2025 Xxnu99etxXSlowcore41/98 -
2025 KeatownrodriguezTop 11 Music Albums of 19981/115
2025 Jimmy DreadYou BEAutiful People! Top Recs From Other Members58/99 -
2025scififantasyTop 11 Greatest Music Albums10/1117
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 134
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 1,274
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Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 178 votes)
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12/29/2025 18:19 mutant  Ratings distribution  1,67156/100
 
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11/23/2025 03:39 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  7,71970/100
 
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11/11/2025 01:46 stangetzaway  Ratings distribution  2,21084/100
 
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10/27/2025 05:05 thepardunk  Ratings distribution  2,57269/100
 
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04/24/2025 04:01 radio-head  Ratings distribution  52082/100

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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.3/100, a mean average of 76.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.9.

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90/100
From 04/12/2021 22:07 | #268488
Hidden gem
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90/100
From 06/20/2019 04:32 | #237916
I am completely decided that this is a wonderful glorious album

90/100 (Very Good)
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From 02/16/2019 20:11 | #232052
This is the best of the landscape/horizon album covers. It's also a kickass album
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90/100
From 08/21/2017 02:11 | #196434
Im completely undecided on whether this is a good or boring album at the moment
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95/100
From 03/01/2017 10:20 | #186579
I was recommended this on a shoegaze thread - I know it's been over a year since it was posted - and I finally got to it tonight. I was told it was going to be "slowcore", so my mind instantly went to Galaxie 500 & Yo La Tengo but at first - if I had to make one of my typical comparisons - it reminded me of We Have The Facts And We're Voting Yes - era Death Cab. Nevertheless, as it went on it began to sound more like The Swirlies which I just adored. And then at the end - when things got more experimental & "wall-of-sound" - it sounded exactly as I pictured in the beginning. Big thanks to whoever recommended this and I'll totally be coming back (will likely end up getting it on vinyl, if that's an option).
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90/100
From 05/18/2015 00:53 | #141711
Absolutely /gorgeous/ textures going on here, almost gave this an instant 100/100, but alas it wasn't *quite* that good. Really though probably the most resonant first listen ever.
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