Stratosphere
by Duster
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Stratosphere is ranked as the best album by Duster.
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Stratosphere track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Stratosphere rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 1 hour ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  arthurbittencourt | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 67/100 | 7 |
| 2026 |  seb7 | Top 99 Music Albums of the 1990s | 17/99 | 17 |
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 44 Music Albums of 1998 | 23/44 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Hayden | Top 50 Music Albums of 1998 | 24/50 | 3 |
| 2026 | Rm12398 | Top 34 Music Albums of 1998 | 22/34 | 2 |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 63 Music Albums of 1998 | 60/63 | 0 |
| 2026 | CripplingAutism | Top 91 Music Albums of the 1990s | 36/91 | 12 |
| 2026 | animals0809 | Top 60 Greatest Music Albums | 47/60 | 23 |
| 2026 | stangetzaway | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 51/100 | 10 |
| 2026 | sunnydhamm | Top 27 Music Albums of 1998 | 11/27 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 135 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,184 | |||
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Stratosphere ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 08/21/2026 16:15 |  Keatownrodriguez | 1,510 | 68/100 |
| ! | 06/10/2026 17:33 |  AAL2014 | 4,286 | 75/100 |
| ! | 05/29/2026 01:17 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,664 | 70/100 |
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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 77.5/100, a mean average of 76.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.9.
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Forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 09/05/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5426): By KeatownrodriguezStratosphere comments
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Hidden gem (Edited)
JulianR 06/20/2019 04:32 | #237916 | TOP COMMENT
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I am completely decided that this is a wonderful glorious album
90/100 (Very Good) (Edited)
This is the best of the landscape/horizon album covers. It's also a kickass album
JulianR 08/21/2017 02:11 | #196434
Im completely undecided on whether this is a good or boring album at the moment
Komorebi-D 03/01/2017 10:20 | #186579 | TOP COMMENT
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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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