Innovator (Soundtrack For The Tenth Planet) (compilation album) by Derrick May
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Innovator (Soundtrack For The Tenth Planet) is ranked 2nd best out of 4 albums by Derrick May on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Derrick May is Innovator which is ranked number 22766 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 43.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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All 4 charts that this album appears in:
Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
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2025 | ![]() | Top 78 Music Albums of 1991 | 6/78 | 5 |
2024 | ![]() | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 79/100 | 4 |
2023 | ![]() | #601-700 Overall | 38/100 | - |
2021 | ![]() | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 79/100 | 13 |
Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 4 | |||
Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 22 |
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60/100 ![]() | 01/08/2024 14:57 | BorderFreeAndrew | ![]() | 74/100 |
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I've been checking out the origins of techno recently in an attempt to get more into the genre, and part of that has been listening to the three originators of the original Detroit sound. Of the limited listening I've done, I think I prefer May's work over the others'. The title of this compilation - Innovator - fits well because these tracks integrate techno with a few other sounds and create something that feels less mechanical and more full of life. Of course it's still a bit cold and mechanical - it's techno after all - but tracks like "Strings of Life" are lively and danceable.

The CD version is a "twelve track extended play". It's absurd, clocking up at more than 1 hour and 15 minutes, I've seen shorter double albums.
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