At The Beginning (studio album)
by Soft Machine
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Soft Machine bestography
At The Beginning is ranked 6th best out of 39 albums by Soft Machine on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Soft Machine is Third which is ranked number 1051 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,650.
(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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At The Beginning track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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At The Beginning rankings
All 6 charts that this album appears in:
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 | 80/100 | 1 |
| 2025 | sleepr2d2 | Top 24 Greatest Music Albums | 15/24 | 38 |
| 2023 |  Igtonumama | Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 | 88/100 | 1 |
| 2023 |  MW19704U | Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 | 94/100 | 0 |
| 2023 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 | 28/100 | 4 |
| 2016 | iancrockert141 | Top 76 Music Albums of 1980 | 66/76 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 6 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 45 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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55/100  | 03/19/2023 14:33 | Igtonumama | | 63/100 |
60/100 | 03/12/2023 12:55 | MW19704U | | 59/100 |
60/100 | 11/28/2022 12:43 | TonySayers61 | | 64/100 |
70/100 | 11/10/2022 05:17 |  Arthurknight | | 72/100 |
35/100 | 07/16/2020 18:50 |  Maxence | | 61/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 65.8/100, a mean average of 60.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 60.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.0.
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