Ravedeath, 1972
by Tim Hecker
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Tim Hecker bestography
Ravedeath, 1972 is ranked 2nd best out of 19 albums by Tim Hecker on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Tim Hecker is Virgins which is ranked number 1266 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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Ravedeath, 1972 track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Ravedeath, 1972 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 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 2/100 | 98 |
| 2026 | jdizzle123456 | 2010-2011 | 21/30 | - |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Top 100 Music Albums of 2011 | 59/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  arthurbittencourt | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 78/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | videoheadcleaner | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 1/100 | 20 |
| 2026 |  kadupheming | Top 99 Music Albums of the 2010s | 1/99 | 20 |
| 2026 | jdizzle123456 | 2010-2014 | 58/60 | - |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2011 | 45/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Repo | Top 70 Music Albums of 2011 | 26/70 | 3 |
| 2026 |  AvalancheGrips | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 96/100 | 5 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 246 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,370 | |||
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Ravedeath, 1972 ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/01/2026 02:46 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,905 | 70/100 |
| ! | 04/29/2026 01:50 | oilnoilnoilnoil | 275 | 77/100 |
| ! | 12/29/2025 17:27 | mutant | 1,671 | 56/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.9/100, a mean average of 75.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.9.
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Ravedeath, 1972 forum mentions
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Mercury TOP 100 COMMENTER 02/09/2014 18:14 | #102689 | TOP COMMENT
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Some words to describe this album: ethereal, dense, stunning, introspective, dark, gorgeous.
It's one of the seminal musical milestones in modern music as far as I am concerned. It wraps you up in sound and showers you with waves of beautiful noises. There is nothing quite like this that I have heard.
A masterpiece. Please do yourself a favor and listen to this record and just let yourself be sorta pulled out of present time for about 50 minutes. See where this album takes you. It's truly a unique experience.
RockyRaccoon TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/03/2018 18:33 | #212244 | TOP COMMENT
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God my comment five years ago was such immature garbage please ignore it forever (Edited)
CellarDoor TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/11/2011 15:44 | #20260 | TOP COMMENT
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Stunning emotional work of ambient art. A portrait of solitude and despair. Like that amp overheating in Sonic Youth's "Providence", a story of musical decay still relevant in 2011.
RockyRaccoon TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/18/2013 13:23 | #81854 | TOP COMMENT
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This album is an instrumental album. Tim Hecker creates a sound here very similar to Sigur Ros or The Album Leaf. It’s ethereal, heavy on the electronic instruments. However unlike the previously mentioned bands, this album isn’t as good as their music. It’s slow, it gets boring and it just needs to move along, which sometimes it doesn’t. Sometimes it sounds alright but overall I wasn’t a huge fan of this album. I like the sound he was going for, but I don’t particularly like the album overall.
jeremih724 09/06/2014 20:52 | #121393 | TOP COMMENT
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great atmosphere. unlike Virgins, this album is actually pleasant to listen to and indeed quite melodic. a true piece of art
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