Planetary Unfolding (studio album) by Michael Stearns
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Planetary Unfolding is ranked as the best album by Michael Stearns.
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Planetary Unfolding track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Planetary Unfolding rankings
All 13 charts that this album appears in:
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 |  Graeme2 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 88/100 | 3 |
| 2025 |  AAL2014 | Top 58 Music Albums of 1981 | 37/58 | 2 |
| 2024 | Steppenwolf666 | 1981 3rd chart | 40/84 | - |
| 2024 |  sssvnnn | Top 82 Music Albums of 1981 | 33/82 | 3 |
| 2023 | sssvnnn | a m b i e n t | 61/100 | - |
| 2022 |  desh79 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1981 | 45/100 | 3 |
| 2021 | panapsal | Top 100 Music Albums of 1981 | 57/100 | 2 |
| 2020 | panapsal | 100 Extremely Rare, Valuable and Collectible | 3/100 | - |
| 2020 | panapsal | my 100 best ambient albums of all time | 2/100 | - |
| 2020 | Graeme2 | Electronic | 22/100 | - |
| 2018 |  CellarDoor | Top 100 Music Albums of 1981 | 95/100 | 0 |
| 2016 | ashratempel | Top 40 Greatest Music Albums | 33/40 | 1 |
| 2016 | Coconut | Top 100 Music Albums of 1981 | 23/100 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 13 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 18 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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80/100  | 01/21/2024 16:45 | BorderFreeAndrew | | 74/100 |
75/100 | 11/19/2023 20:41 | AAL2014 | | 75/100 |
85/100 | 12/14/2021 01:23 |  Anti | | 78/100 |
90/100 | 09/23/2021 14:57 | Steppenwolf666 | | 89/100 |
85/100 | 09/22/2021 11:11 | sssvnnn | | 67/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.6/100, a mean average of 81.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 83.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.2.
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Awesome ambient album. still sound fresh in 2016.
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