Anoyo
by Tim Hecker
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Tim Hecker bestography
Anoyo is ranked 11th best out of 19 albums by Tim Hecker on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Tim Hecker is Virgins which is ranked number 1265 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,376.
(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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Anoyo track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Anoyo rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 25 minutes ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  baystateoftheart | 2019 Honorable Mentions | 48/72 | - |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 2019 | 99/100 | 0 |
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2019 | 81/100 | 1 |
| 2025 | cicadelic | XLR8R’s Best of 2019: Releases | 12/30 | - |
| 2025 |  desh79 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2019 | 57/100 | 2 |
| 2023 | ThuramThugood | Ranked - Tim Hecker (CAN) - Ranked | 7/19 | - |
| 2021 | panapsal | Top 100 Music Albums of 2019 | 60/100 | 2 |
| 2020 | brun027 | Top 90 Music Albums of 2019 | 50/90 | 2 |
| 2020 |  Spyglass | Top 15 Music Albums of 2019 | 13/15 | - |
| 2020 |  CellarDoor | Top 100 Music Albums of 2019 | 2/100 | 5 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 25 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 51 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/19/2026 12:16 | Tamthebam | 23,300 | 69/100 |
| ! | 07/06/2026 23:50 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,762 | 70/100 |
| ! | 01/12/2026 18:01 |  Dingerbell | 4,152 | 62/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.3/100, a mean average of 72.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.4.
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SleepDealer 07/15/2020 13:48 in What album are you listening to right now?Anoyo comments
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Anti TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/11/2019 04:10 | #236126
This album sounds so mind-bending. An improvement from Konoyo, imo. I can't even explain how it's better because it's unquestionably a companion album. Maybe a more interesting sequencing in the track listing? The album starts with pretty concrete electroacoustic songs in the first half, but as you progress into the second half shit the metaphysics of the 3rd dimension starts to bend and twist and all of a sudden you have ascended into a higher-tiered dimension. Which one, idk. But I'm glad Tim Hecker still has the capability to make otherworldly, no, other-dimensionally engaging albums.
Definitely going to revisit Konoyo. Maybe I'll appreciate it more after listening to this.
For twenty years now, the Canadian Tim Hecker has been interacting with sound material through his albums, starting mostly with a concept, an image. After his very successful album "Konoyo", Tim Hecker shows here a clearer and less tortured facet. The album "Anoyo" having been recorded during the same Japanese sessions as "Konoyo", it relies on the same bases as the latter. We are here again dealing with the reinterpretation of a traditional Japanese style, the gagaku, combined with drone and ambient experiments by Tim Hecker. The two records echo each other. What's really good about "Konoyo" and "Anoyo" is that you can listen to them as a whole, without stopping, and it's really beautiful. Where other ambient artists explore classical music, Tim Hecker highlights traditional music, less known, but just as lyrical and fascinating.
7/10
Best track: "That world"
Atmospheric and very cinematic. Hard to listen to in places but overall a good record
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