World Of Echo
by Arthur Russell
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World Of Echo is ranked as the best album by Arthur Russell.
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World Of Echo track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
World Of Echo 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 | pjerske | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 36/100 | 13 |
| 2026 |  Norman Bates | Top 85 Music Albums of 1986 | 2/85 | 5 |
| 2026 | gloriousgoo | Top 22 Music Albums of the 1980s | 17/22 | 5 |
| 2026 | jdizzle123456 | 80s-90s | 27/50 | - |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Albums of the year 1986 by Acclaimed Music | 36/53 | - |
| 2026 |  Helios | Top 100 Music Albums of 1986 | 64/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | LosWochos | Top 97 Music Albums of 1986 | 46/97 | 3 |
| 2026 |  deadhouse | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 97/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Albums of the year 1986 by Q Magazine (NOC) | 14/15 | - |
| 2026 |  Hayden | Top 50 Music Albums of 1986 | 14/50 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 139 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 780 | |||
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World Of Echo ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/18/2026 01:50 |  joyofdivision | 241 | 90/100 |
| ! | 03/15/2026 10:39 | Vulgarplacards | 64 | 94/100 |
| ! | 03/13/2026 14:00 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,671 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.2/100, a mean average of 75.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.0.
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World Of Echo forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 07/02/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5361): By deadhouse
Rhyner 12/16/2025 18:27 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
CharlieBarley 07/10/2020 23:46 in What album are you listening to right now?World Of Echo comments
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joyofdivision 07/18/2026 01:51 | #315324 | TOP COMMENT
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Arthur Russell became as angelic as Nick Drake when he made this record (Edited)
Years ahead of its time. Fantastic experimental electronic music with an ethereal sensation that can be hard to grapple with. Well worth a listen. (Edited)
ButterThumbz TOP 100 COMMENTER 11/13/2017 12:17 | #201266 | TOP COMMENT
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Fascinating stuff! The perfect soundtrack to a morning spent trying to catch fog in a butterfly net.
patriciatoledo 07/25/2017 05:10 | #194871 | TOP COMMENT
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Honest, revolutionary and imperfect in the best way possible. This touches me in an indescribable manner. The feeling he wants to create with his music is so distorted and yet so clear. "Beatless dance music that travels through outer space, making the journey his destination." This is the best description I could find. This album is so original. If I were lucid dreaming and went to a night club that's probably what I would play.
I liked this a lot, spaced out sounds with lots of strings and dreamy vocals, kinda early folktronica id guess.
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