Transmissions From The Satellite Heart
by The Flaming Lips
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The Flaming Lips bestography
Transmissions From The Satellite Heart is ranked 6th best out of 47 albums by The Flaming Lips on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Flaming Lips is Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots which is ranked number 116 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 10,810.
(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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Transmissions From The Satellite Heart 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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Transmissions From The Satellite Heart rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 100 Music Albums of 1993 | 100/100 | 0 |
| 2026 | OFarrio | Top 25 Music Albums of 1993 | 12/25 | 3 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 60/100 | 41 |
| 2026 | ExTeaSea | Top 90 Music Albums of 1993 | 5/90 | 5 |
| 2026 | xhitmanx | Top 34 Music Albums of 1993 | 21/34 | 2 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 1993 | 44/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 56 Music Albums of 1993 | 34/56 | 2 |
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 49 Music Albums of 1993 | 45/49 | 1 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 1993 | 48/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 91 Music Albums of 1993 | 31/91 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 222 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 912 | |||
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Transmissions From The Satellite Heart ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/05/2026 11:39 | Johnnyo | 9,951 | 77/100 |
| ! | 07/31/2026 21:08 | xhitmanx | 1,604 | 75/100 |
| ! | 07/29/2026 13:26 | Devilwoac | 1,529 | 97/100 |
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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 76.6/100, a mean average of 75.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.6.
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Transmissions From The Satellite Heart forum mentions
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Transmissions From The Satellite Heart comments
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junodog4 TOP 100 COMMENTER 06/19/2012 02:37 | #44708 | TOP COMMENT
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She Don't Use Jelly is a great track. But there's so much more to this album. Great throughout. Jelly is probably in the lower half of songs on this album. Be My Head is a personal favourite. Why isn't this in the top 1000?
SingingPeasant96 TOP 100 COMMENTER 09/06/2013 05:40 | #85307 | TOP COMMENT
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Absolutely crazy but awesome pieces! Great example of the melodic and sophisticated album which still has a wilderness. this album and their next album(Clouds...)might be the peak of long discography of Flaming Lips
My pick : Moth In The Incubator, Be My Head, Turn It On
Clouds and Soft are better albums but this one always gets to me. Pilot Can and Moth are just terrific.
Romanelli TOP 100 COMMENTER 11/27/2011 20:12 | #31542 | TOP COMMENT
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One of the better albums of the 90's...WAY overlooked on this site!
ExTeaSea TOP 100 COMMENTER 11/08/2019 02:02 | #244545 | TOP COMMENT
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Flaming Lips were the best in the 90s IMO because they found their perfect sound. This is their second best album under Clouds. It's raw/distorted, it's weird and catchy as hell.
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