Exit Planet Dust
by The Chemical Brothers
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The Chemical Brothers bestography
Exit Planet Dust is ranked 4th best out of 24 albums by The Chemical Brothers on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Chemical Brothers is Dig Your Own Hole which is ranked number 1258 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,385.
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Exit Planet Dust track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Exit Planet Dust rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Best Electronic / Dance albums of all time by DigitalDreamDoor | 42/100 | - |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Q magazine Recordings Of The Year 1995 | 3/50 | - |
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 48 Music Albums of 1995 | 39/48 | 1 |
| 2026 | mrmcrook | Top 41 Music Albums of 1995 | 35/41 | 1 |
| 2026 | TroutMaskGreg | Top 21 Music Albums of 1995 | 4/21 | 4 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | top 60r albums (60), #0001-0100* | 17/66 | - |
| 2026 |  Romanelli | Top 79 Music Albums of 1995 | 71/79 | 1 |
| 2026 |  covecove | Top 100 Music Albums of 1995 | 43/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | lanis | Top 33 Music Albums of 1995 | 13/33 | 3 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Les Inrocks Les meilleurs albums 1995 | 33/51 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 169 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 520 | |||
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Exit Planet Dust ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/23/2026 17:06 | Jonboy | 157 | 77/100 |
| ! | 08/30/2026 03:07 | ScottJones | 173 | 82/100 |
| ! | 07/09/2026 10:23 | cicadelic | 14,326 | 73/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 6% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.5/100, a mean average of 74.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.1.
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Exit Planet Dust forum mentions
Romanelli 10/16/2025 17:26 in The Romanelli Music Diary: Waiting For The Sun Romanelli 08/23/2024 00:25 in Albums You Added To Your Collection TodayView all forum mentions
Exit Planet Dust comments
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Jimmy Dread TOP 100 COMMENTER 08/22/2014 21:19 | #120168 | TOP COMMENT
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Personally I reckon Chemical Beats is the only duff track on the album. There is no better soundtrack for staggering home at 4/5am after leaving a club than One Too Many Mornings. This album has aged really well - hard to believe it's nearly 20 years old. Where did that time go?
planetneutral 01/21/2018 22:00 | #206245 | TOP COMMENT
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I started listening to this in the office and wasn't feeling it. At home and in a more relaxed frame of mind, it had its moments. (Edited)
I like the breakbeats and the guitar with various effects applied, together they make for a great sound. But as good as those beats are, they could have used a bit more variety. And "Life Is Sweet" highlights what most of the other tracks lacked, which is some melody to go with those beats, and that combo is killer on that track. Still I do like this album for what it is, with "Leave Home" and "Chico's Groove" being the other highlights. It's just rather incomplete, and the repetition on some tracks can be tedious.
I love most Chemical brothers. This is early days of experimentation and finding their sound. Mainly instrumentals. But I find they seem to have a bit of trouble with variation on this. There's some good tunes but what came after on future albums was much better.
(Edited)
I can't decide if this or Dig Your Own Hole is my favourite Chemical Brothers album. On one hand, DYOH is a little bit more consistent. On the other hand, I seem to listen to EPD a lot more.
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