Reflection
by Brian Eno
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Brian Eno bestography
Reflection is ranked 13th best out of 51 albums by Brian Eno on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Brian Eno is Another Green World which is ranked number 203 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 7,434.
(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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Reflection track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (1 out of 4 tracks have been rated).
Reflection 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 |  NowhereMan | Top 14 Music Albums of 2017 | 6/14 | 3 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | The 2017 Splice Today Music Poll | 3/10 | - |
| 2026 | NowhereMan | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 61/100 | 8 |
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 100 Music Albums of 2017 | 8/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | videoheadcleaner | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 68/100 | 7 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 100 Music Albums of 2017 | 86/100 | 1 |
| 2025 | AlienCinema | Top 100 Music Albums of 2017 | 77/100 | 1 |
| 2025 | NowhereMan | Brian Eno - RANKED | 10/15 | - |
| 2025 |  RockyRaccoon | Top 100 Music Albums of 2017 | 24/100 | 4 |
| 2024 |  lleon79 | Top 49 Music Albums of 2017 | 46/49 | 0 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 35 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 57 | |||
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Reflection ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/08/2025 09:49 | platus | 5,882 | 74/100 |
| ! | 01/21/2024 00:45 | BorderFreeAndrew | 15,736 | 74/100 |
| ! | 03/06/2023 04:26 |  phantom1305 | 2,813 | 71/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.4/100, a mean average of 71.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.2.
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NowhereMan 12/19/2017 16:34 in With a Little Help From My BEA Friends NowhereMan 12/19/2017 08:26 in What album are you listening to right now?Reflection comments
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First 2017 album listened to this year. Solid ambient music, but not something I would listen to more than a couple times
awesomness425 01/04/2017 18:07 | #181728
Great ethereal landscape to listen to at night...Also best homework album of all time????
dmercadoEno's 26th solo album "Reflection" consists of a single 54 minute ambient track. This album isn't innovative or groundbreaking, but there is a hidden power in its quiet, cyclical beauty. It may not be apparent at first, but rather than being a chunk of monotonous noise, this album places you in a state of introspection and is genuinely soothing and restorative.
Of course, ambient music is a genre that is highly subjective so many people may feel nothing, which is unfortunate, but I'm convinced that Eno's latest is more than just "pretty background music"; it is a timeless experience that opens up the more you pay attention.
xMUSICSNOBx 01/09/2017 15:35 | #182093
Not even that great as a background album. It's essentially three chords cycling on pad, and some samples on top. For 54 minutes. What the hell, Eno?
It starts to fade into the background of life. I start to forget its there entirely. Until it hits me with a strange sample and I remember there's music playing.
45 is high, I give it that, because I believe that there's probably something he intended this album to do. If he never speaks out on his intentions, It will drop.
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