Sounds Of The Satellites
by Laika

Sounds Of The Satellites by Laika
Year: 1997
Release date: 1997-02-24
Overall rank: 5,552nd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 53 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1997 (89th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (906th)
Award Best albums of all time (5,552nd)

Listen on Spotify SPOTIFY
Product Details
Availability

eBay
eBay
Laika: Sounds Of The Satellites - 1997 CD - Tested Plays Perfectly
Condition: Very Good


eBay
eBay
Laika Sounds Of The Satellites 1997 CD Electronic Leftfield Krautrock Abstract
Condition: Very Good


eBay
eBay
LAIKA original Vinyl 2LP Sounds Of The Satellites (1997 Too Pure Records UK)
Condition: Used

$107.99


Go to store

  My favourite store:  

Laika bestography

Sounds Of The Satellites is ranked as the best album by Laika.

Laika album bestography « Higher ranked
-
This album (5,552nd)
Sounds Of The Satellites
Lower ranked (9,246th) »
Silver Apples Of The Moon

(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).

Listen to Sounds Of The Satellites on YouTube

Loading content from YouTube...

Sounds Of The Satellites rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 5,552nd | 1990s rank: 906th | 1997 rank: 89th

Sounds Of The Satellites collection

Sounds Of The Satellites ratings

Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 53 votes)
  Ratings distribution Help Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AV
where:
av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating.

Showing latest 5 ratings for this album.  | Show all 53 ratings for this album.

Sort Sort by
RatingDate updatedMemberAlbum ratingsAvg. album rating
 
75/100
 
05/28/2026 05:31 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  11,82370/100
 
95/100
 
09/11/2025 13:46 Repo  Ratings distribution  2,20085/100
 
60/100
 
08/11/2025 16:50 EyeKanFly  Ratings distribution  8,75665/100
 
90/100
 
01/19/2025 10:39 videoheadcleaner  Ratings distribution  12,37385/100
 
100/100
 
12/10/2024 19:23 sageamagoo  Ratings distribution  1,46180/100

Rating metrics: Help Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)

This album is rated in the top 7% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.4/100, a mean average of 75.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.5.

Please log in or register if you want to be able to leave a rating

Sounds Of The Satellites favourites

Showing all 8 members who have added this album as a favourite

Sounds Of The Satellites comments

Showing all 2 comments |
Most Helpful First | Newest First | Positive Sentiment First | Longest Comments First
(Only showing comments with -2 votes or higher. You can alter this threshold from your profile page. Manage Profile)

From 10/23/2011 02:13 | #28891
I actually can't put it better than 'hairymarx1' - this is a beautiful album (and then what he said!)
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
Rating:  
70/100
From 08/25/2011 04:02 | #26610
Musically 'smoother' and more refined, but equally as experimental and original as their debut 'Silver Apples Of The Moon', Laika create a form of "organic" electronica that is, for example, more authentic sounding than the music produced by one of their contemporaries, the overrated Moby. Overall, live drums and percussion, together with guitars and samples dominate, resulting in a complexly-layered and polyrhythmic blend of beats and diverse analogue sounds. With 'Sounds Of The Satellites', Laika produced one of the most original and accomplished albums of the 1990s.
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
Please log in or register if you want to be able to add a comment

Your feedback for Sounds Of The Satellites

Anonymous
Let us know what you think of this album by adding a comment or assigning a rating below.
The top comments are featured on our aggregated charts!
Log in or register to assign a rating or leave a comment for this album.
Best Albums of 1997
1. OK Computer by Radiohead
2. Homogenic by Björk
3. Either/Or by Elliott Smith
4. The Lonesome Crowded West by Modest Mouse
5. F♯ A♯ ∞ [F-Sharp, A-Sharp, Infinity] by Godspeed You! Black Emperor
6. Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space by Spiritualized
7. Perfect From Now On by Built To Spill
8. Urban Hymns by The Verve
9. The Colour And The Shape by Foo Fighters
10. The Boatman's Call by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds