Syro
by Aphex Twin
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Aphex Twin bestography
Syro is ranked 2nd best out of 35 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 241 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,532.
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Syro track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Syro rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 7 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | cicadelic | Exclaim! Best Dance & Electronic albums 2014 | 2/10 | - |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2014 | 78/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 90 Music Albums of 2014 | 44/90 | 3 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Blow Up Critics Playlist 2014 | 46/50 | - |
| 2026 |  craola | Top 20 Music Albums of 2014 | 4/20 | 4 |
| 2026 |  imimesis | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 92/100 | 9 |
| 2026 | jdizzle123456 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2014 | 4/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Top 100 Music Albums of 2014 | 5/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | Untitled | Top 17 Music Albums of 2014 | 15/17 | 1 |
| 2026 |  DriftingOrpheus | Top 2 Music Albums of 2014 | 1/2 | 5 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 363 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,990 | |||
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Syro ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/19/2026 11:00 | ASOARE | 2,553 | 78/100 |
| ! | 08/05/2026 20:29 |  DommeDamian | 7,827 | 48/100 |
| ! | 07/28/2026 15:04 | tmsjkb | 1 | 100/100 |
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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 77.1/100, a mean average of 75.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.2.
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Syro forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 10/02/2026 08:18 in Monthly overall chart movements - September 2026 BestEverAlbums 09/10/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5431): By Amirkhosro BestEverAlbums 09/01/2026 16:00 in Monthly overall chart movements - August 2026Syro comments
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RockyRaccoon TOP 100 COMMENTER 09/25/2014 20:10 | #122702 | TOP COMMENT
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Richard D. James is a genius. The man has an ability that few do, the way he is able to manipulate music, to subtly change small things here and there throughout songs is incredible. Sometimes instrumental electronic music can get boring, but not here, not even for a second. Every minute you’re discovering something new, like walking through a mansion, there’s another room, intricately decorated and you could spend hours just being in that room, but you move on to the hundred other rooms. It’s truly an incredible album, a beautiful album, and one well worth the wait.
TheHolyKiwi TOP 100 COMMENTER 09/21/2014 06:45 | #122356 | TOP COMMENT
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Fuck yeah! Aphex Twin's motherfucking back!
ilovelctr 09/23/2014 12:54 | #122483 | TOP COMMENT
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For me, this could have been Aphex Twin's best to date, if he kept the entire album as good as the first two tracks, especially the first one. Sort of disappointed at the tracks in the middle and near the end except the very last one, which is a good switch to a piano-solo ambient song. The technique is definitely astonishing from start to finish, but there could have been more melodic variety in my opinion.
I've never listened to Aphex Twin or any EDM before this. All I can say is wow! A whole world I've been missing out on! Definitely some really cool sounds on this record.
So happy this took Coldplay out of the top 10
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