Sauna
by Mount Eerie
Mount Eerie bestography
Sauna is ranked 10th best out of 41 albums by Phil Elverum on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Phil Elverum is The Glow Pt. 2 which is ranked number 201 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 7,527.
(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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Sauna track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Sauna ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| 01/30/2026 15:12 | TonySayers61 | 24,119 | 64/100 | |
| 08/20/2025 18:54 |  Igtonumama | 10,791 | 63/100 | |
| 11/09/2024 08:40 | dukeboxkool | 2,123 | 72/100 | |
| 02/06/2024 21:10 | PeterDuckling | 254 | 88/100 | |
| 03/05/2023 07:07 | PapaShiz86 | 11,217 | 79/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.3/100, a mean average of 69.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.5.
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Komorebi-D 02/22/2017 05:41 | #186135
Sauna feels more spacious, existentially darker & introspective than its three predecessors. Which - speaking of - makes this one feel like the final iteration of a series that began with Clear Moon (the lightest of the three) and continued on with Ocean Roar. Even though 2009's Wind's Poem unquestionably planted the seeds for what would follow. However, it feels separate to this series. I was also reminded why I liked the rock instrumentation on tracks like "Turmoil" & "Planets", they have kind of a Knock Knock-era Smog tinge to them.
Indie rock, avant-folk, experimental, drone, ambient, lo-fi
Yoooreds 03/17/2015 08:27 | #137107
First thoughts after just one track, are "odd and interesting".
I think I'm going to like this. A more concise review to follow.
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