Lorca
by Tim Buckley
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Tim Buckley bestography
Lorca is ranked 4th best out of 15 albums by Tim Buckley on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Tim Buckley is Goodbye And Hello which is ranked number 885 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,963.
(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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Lorca track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 85 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Lorca rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 1 hour ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  DommeDamian | Scaruffi Best Albums of 1970 | 1/67 | - |
| 2026 | brun027 | Top 49 Music Albums of 1970 | 3/49 | 5 |
| 2026 |  Hayden | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 79/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Norman Bates | Top 100 Music Albums of 1970 | 22/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | boyd94 | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 49/100 | 51 |
| 2026 |  AfterHours | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 7/100 | 92 |
| 2026 |  Patman360 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1970 | 20/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 1970 | 57/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | martintho | Top 87 Music Albums of 1970 | 83/87 | 0 |
| 2026 | DommeDamian | Top 78 Music Albums of the 1970s | 2/78 | 20 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 151 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,071 | |||
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Lorca ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/04/2026 22:56 | ecocruzr | 249 | 69/100 |
| ! | 04/28/2026 11:46 | classicjoe | 507 | 78/100 |
| ! | 04/05/2026 01:15 | Hayden | 7,946 | 72/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.5/100, a mean average of 75.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.0.
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Lorca forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 08/17/2024 20:00 in Album of the day (#4990): Lorca by Tim Buckley BestEverAlbums 12/01/2022 17:02 in Monthly overall chart movements - November 2022 BestEverAlbums 11/01/2022 16:02 in Monthly overall chart movements - October 2022Lorca comments
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btener11 08/06/2011 02:30 | #25842 | TOP COMMENT
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This is the best album that I discovered because of BEA. Thank you, thank you! (Edited)
mdbaxter TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/09/2019 14:45 | #239206 | TOP COMMENT
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Incredible vision and incredible execution. This album is straight from the soul of Tim Buckley. It's slow, long and minimalist which sounds boring but it's worth it. It took me a few listens to crack it but since I've finally got it, I can't get enough. They are working with like 5 instruments on the entire album and they're still able to convey every emotion they are trying to evoke near-perfectly. There are a few parts that could use some polish but I think it actually goes a long way to add to the albums authenticity. The songs build and build until Tim is sitting in a room with you and you can feel what he's feeling. The aren't too many other albums out there that use silence as much or as effectively as this one. I love every song and Driftin' is one of my new favorite songs ever. (Edited)
The most daring and best (IMO) statement in music is still at number one! Will that change? (Edited)
Necharsian TOP 100 COMMENTER 03/31/2012 21:33 | #39243 | TOP COMMENT
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This album makes me feel feelings that I never knew I had. Like... any. (Edited)
The sound on 'Lorca' is skeletal and intimate, a dense dark dreamlike exploration and expansion of the consciousness and probe into the dark psychic depths of the mind. The tracks are long and tense that exude expressions of depression that chill and exhaust a sadness that rummages through bottomless chasms. It is as if Buckley is drifting in a conscious coma. The music floats in the huge spaces, without borders and shape: a cloud of notes that turns endlessly in an infinite void.
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