Distant Satellites
by Anathema
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Anathema bestography
Distant Satellites is ranked 4th best out of 21 albums by Anathema on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Anathema is Weather Systems which is ranked number 3205 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 475.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Distant Satellites track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Distant Satellites 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 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 34/100 | 13 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 100 Music Albums of 2014 | 88/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2014 | 73/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 57 Music Albums of 2014 | 5/57 | 5 |
| 2024 | stevengnz | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 65/100 | 7 |
| 2023 |  MW19704U | Top 75 Music Albums of 2014 | 44/75 | 2 |
| 2023 | FieryGunHand | Top 50 Music Albums of 2014 | 4/50 | 5 |
| 2021 | Deckiller | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 23/100 | 16 |
| 2021 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2014 | 15/100 | 4 |
| 2020 | Kreator82 | Top 93 Music Albums of the 2010s | 49/93 | 10 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 29 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 165 | |||
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Distant Satellites ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/08/2026 04:25 | JonVarago | 32 | 75/100 |
| ! | 06/29/2026 09:42 |  doombringer | 2,373 | 75/100 |
| ! | 01/16/2026 15:12 | TonySayers61 | 25,994 | 64/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.7/100, a mean average of 71.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.8.
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meccalecca 06/20/2014 15:24 in BEA ULL Mecca LeccaDistant Satellites comments
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Only after a few listens, I came to the conclusion that this was Weather Systems Mark II, but not as good. Still there are some great songs on this album.
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