Mars Polaris
by Tangerine Dream
Tangerine Dream bestography
Mars Polaris is ranked 26th best out of 123 albums by Tangerine Dream on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Tangerine Dream is Phaedra which is ranked number 1193 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,449.
(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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Mars Polaris track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (9 out of 10 tracks have been rated).
Mars Polaris rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 89 Music Albums of 1999 | 69/89 | 1 |
| 2025 | Junomoogmello | Top 54 Music Albums of the 1990s | 12/54 | 16 |
| 2025 |  Leonard | Top 100 Music Albums of 1999 | 93/100 | 0 |
| 2025 |  sssvnnn | Top 80 Music Albums of 1999 | 72/80 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 4 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 18 | |||
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Mars Polaris ratings
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av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/20/2025 09:38 |  Liedzeit | 2,371 | 74/100 | |
| 01/04/2024 07:56 | sssvnnn | 8,342 | 67/100 | |
| 12/03/2022 15:58 | Skerns | 5,086 | 80/100 | |
| 01/25/2022 05:11 |  zags7000 | 20,465 | 64/100 | |
| 11/10/2021 04:03 |  NoisyBeast | 13,316 | 74/100 |
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.2/100, a mean average of 72.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 8.6.
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For me, this was the best album since Rockoon, overall it delivers a very fresh, stronger sound than some of the albums released immediately before it. The heavily processed electric drums and electric bass sequence which open track 1 immediately capture the attention. I have a vast collection of Tangerine Dream material and have been lucky enough to see them live three times. As a musician, my interest in synths was awakened by Tangerine Dream. I enjoy most of their material for different reasons but I would say that certain albums define moments in time. This album was most definitely the height of TD period as just father and son. The use of 'played' electric drums as well as drum machines is evident and gives the album a fresh modern (at the time of release) feel. Listening to it now as I type, twenty years after it's release, it still sounds fresh. Top tracks imo are Astrophobia, Pilots of the Ether Belt and Comets Figure Head.
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