Sounds Of The Satellites
by Laika
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Sounds Of The Satellites is ranked as the best album by Laika.
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Sounds Of The Satellites track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Sounds Of The Satellites rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 93 Music Albums of 1997 | 21/93 | 4 |
| 2026 |  DommeDamian | Scaruffi Best Albums of 1997 | 8/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Kalos | Top 18 Music Albums of 1997 | 2/18 | 5 |
| 2026 | mianfei | Top 70 Music Albums of the 1990s | 65/70 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Patman360 | Top 99 Music Albums of 1997 | 80/99 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Repo | Top 100 Music Albums of 1997 | 21/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 1997 | 37/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 1997 | 74/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | Kalos | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 19/100 | 16 |
| 2026 |  ssteve | Top 69 Music Albums of 1997 | 38/69 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 50 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 240 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 05/28/2026 05:31 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,023 | 70/100 |
| ! | 09/11/2025 13:46 | Repo | 2,234 | 85/100 |
| ! | 08/11/2025 16:50 |  EyeKanFly | 8,985 | 65/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 7% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.3/100, 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.
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Repo 08/10/2024 00:51 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) Repo 01/29/2024 03:56 in What album are you listening to right now?
Tha1ChiefRocka 10/23/2018 19:21 in You must listen to the album below you.Sounds Of The Satellites comments
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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.
I actually can't put it better than 'hairymarx1' - this is a beautiful album (and then what he said!)
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