Quark, Strangeness And Charm
by Hawkwind
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Hawkwind bestography
Quark, Strangeness And Charm is ranked 3rd best out of 81 albums by Hawkwind on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Hawkwind is Space Ritual which is ranked number 2484 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 644.
(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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Quark, Strangeness And Charm track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Quark, Strangeness And Charm rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Jorbaa | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 89/100 | 12 |
| 2026 | Sonoffatboy | Top 70 Greatest Music Albums | 1/70 | 96 |
| 2026 | Sonoffatboy | Top 10 Music Albums of 1977 | 2/10 | 5 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 81 Music Albums of 1977 | 29/81 | 3 |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 95 Music Albums of 1977 | 56/95 | 2 |
| 2026 |  neilgee | Top 100 Music Albums of 1977 | 77/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1977 | 56/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1977 | 1/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 100 Music Albums of 1977 | 83/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Wasinski | Top 95 Music Albums of 1977 | 35/95 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 47 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 286 | |||
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Quark, Strangeness And Charm ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/09/2026 10:25 | cicadelic | 14,048 | 73/100 |
| ! | 01/26/2026 02:34 | evo | 281 | 70/100 |
| ! | 01/06/2026 13:44 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,702 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 13% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.3/100, a mean average of 74.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.1.
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Quark, Strangeness And Charm forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 09/08/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5429): By Steppenwolf666 neilgee 11/21/2021 23:24 in What album are you listening to right now?
Lachapelle 04/04/2019 02:18 in Albums You Added To Your Collection TodayQuark, Strangeness And Charm comments
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Their mid/late 70's masterpiece. Every track is exceptional, with four masterpieces:- Spirit of the age, Damnation alley, Hassan I sahba and Days of the underground. Space rock never sounded so good!!! And does anyone know what came first - the film Damnation alley (1977) or the track on this LP - an amazing coincidence if they are not related. (Edited)
Goliath 04/10/2018 09:59 | #212637 | TOP COMMENT
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Spirit of the age is one of my favorite tracks.
By the way Damnation Alley is a 1969 science fiction novel by American writer Roger Zelazny. The film is based on this book. (Edited)
Hawkwind do new wave, and bring it to space, they refine their sound into a more professional tone, but they never loose their edge. Robert Calvert became the front man and brought a greater level of wit and style. It looses a bit towards the end, but its still top stuff.
Top three Tracks
Spirit of the Age
Damnation Alley
Hassan I Sahba (Edited)
Rammstein was conceived on this album
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