Machine Gun
by The Peter Brötzmann Octet
The Peter Brötzmann Octet bestography
The best album by Peter Brötzmann is Machine Gun which is ranked number 2493 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 638.
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Machine Gun track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| 12/15/2025 03:16 | Exist-en-ciel | 9,694 | 70/100 | |
| 07/30/2025 23:25 | thepardunk | 2,576 | 69/100 | |
| 04/06/2025 12:43 |  VictorVale | 3,805 | 81/100 | |
| 03/25/2025 00:56 |  nocturnes | 39 | 87/100 | |
| 09/01/2024 03:23 |  baystateoftheart | 2,859 | 72/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 7% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.4/100, a mean average of 74.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.4.
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Peppa 04/19/2023 15:35 | #296218
The best free jazz LP!
EyeKanFly 01/03/2022 16:47 | #278487
I don't think I've ever before heard a more appropriate title for a song or album
Nice
Onater 10/28/2018 05:54 | #223411
The musical equivalent to getting raped with a jackhammer.
Really liking this, some of the best free jazz I've heard. So AGGRESSIVE
splashfoop 07/25/2016 05:48 | #171777
Este es un álbum extremadamente insano, inarmónico y duro. Uno necesita estar dispuesto a entrar en ello. No es nada sencillo. De hecho, creo que si no conquistas su sonido en tu primera escuchada, probablemente nunca llegues a disfrutarlo.
Piensa antes en la mezcla musical más esquizofrénica, disonante y radical que creas posible.
Una sola recomendación: escúchalo completo. Al final te quedarás, o con un fuerte dolor de cabeza, o con una inexplicable sensanción de completitud.
Machine Gun es como la guerra, como el silencio; es una maraña de disparos, de emociones desgarradas. Es libertad.
SuedeSwede 07/20/2014 01:19 | #117133
Not for me - far too free.
Applerill 11/21/2011 03:37 | #30936
I'm sorry, but this is just too messed up for me. And this is coming from someone who sometimes thinks Trout Mask Replica is too mainstream.
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