Surfing On Sine Waves
by Polygon Window

Surfing On Sine Waves by Polygon Window
Year: 1993
Overall rank: 10,497th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 25 votes)
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Award Top albums of 1993 (162nd)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (1,690th)
Award Best albums of all time (10,497th)

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Polygon Window bestography

Surfing On Sine Waves is ranked 10th best out of 34 albums by Richard David James on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Richard David James is Selected Ambient Works 85-92 which is ranked number 238 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,722.

Polygon Window album bestography « Higher ranked (9,977th)
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This album (10,497th)
Surfing On Sine Waves
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Rushup Edge

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Overall rank: 10,497th | 1990s rank: 1,690th | 1993 rank: 162nd

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76/100 (from 25 votes)
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10/02/2025 15:09 thepardunk  Ratings distribution  2,57269/100
 
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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 75.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.9.

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From 05/08/2014 14:51 | #111179
Oddly yet unsurprisingly, Aphex Twin chose to release one of his best albums under a pseudonym. Crazy fool!
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