Thousand Knives
by 坂本龍一 [Ryuichi Sakamoto]
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坂本龍一 [Ryuichi Sakamoto] bestography
Thousand Knives is ranked as the best album by 坂本龍一 [Ryuichi Sakamoto].
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Thousand Knives track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Thousand Knives rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  covecove | Favorite Albums 500-401 | 97/100 | - |
| 2026 | jdizzle123456 | World | 39/50 | - |
| 2026 |  Hayden | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 66/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  MadhattanJack | Top 89 Music Albums of 1978 | 56/89 | 2 |
| 2026 |  neilgee | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 56/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | Hyggevinyl | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 12/100 | 18 |
| 2026 | Hyggevinyl | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 67/100 | 34 |
| 2026 |  JMGL95 | Top 38 Music Albums of 1978 | 22/38 | 2 |
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 57 Music Albums of 1978 | 21/57 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Repo | Top 99 Music Albums of 1978 | 69/99 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 52 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 196 | |||
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Thousand Knives ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 06/25/2026 20:08 | covecove | 6,695 | 74/100 |
| ! | 01/16/2026 07:36 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,596 | 70/100 |
| ! | 10/31/2025 17:34 | nsanto | 91 | 81/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 6% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.5/100, a mean average of 75.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.7.
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Forum mentions
Hayden 04/02/2023 19:52 in In Remembrance Of Those Who Are Gone neilgee 10/10/2019 16:17 in What album are you listening to right now?Thousand Knives comments
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In the woods midway through you can faintly here “when the band goes marching “
These micro-exploratory moments are special
Thank you for this introduction to your solo work
True mesmerization
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