Escalator Over The Hill
by Carla Bley / Paul Haines

Overall rank: 3,052nd | 1970s rank: 529th | 1971 rank: 61st
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Year	Source	Chart	Rank	Rank Score
2026	PurpleHazel	Top 100 Greatest Music Albums	42/100	57
2026	cicadelic	Sounds End Of Year List 1974	9/21	-
2026	AfterHours	Top 100 Greatest Music Albums	13/100	87
2026	Patman360	Top 100 Music Albums of 1971	87/100	1
2026	Hayden	Top 100 Music Albums of 1971	30/100	4
2026	PurpleHazel	Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s	35/100	13
2026	Norman Bates	Top 100 Music Albums of 1971	17/100	4
2026	PurpleHazel	Top 68 Music Albums of 1971	6/68	5
2026	cicadelic	Top 90 Music Albums of 1971	67/90	1
2025	Hyggevinyl	Top 75 Music Albums of 1971	75/75	0
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75/100 !	03/28/2026 11:53	cicadelic	13,975	73/100
70/100 !	01/02/2026 13:22	Exist-en-ciel	15,669	70/100
80/100 !	07/30/2025 21:09	VictorVale	3,900	81/100

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BestEverAlbums 06/30/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5359): By PurpleHazel

“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by ) 1. by (1963) 2. by (1970) 3. by (1965) 4. (1973) 5. by (2005) 6. (1966) 7. by by (1969) 9. (1974) 10. by (1977) 11. by (1985) 12. by (1983) 13. by (1972) 14. by (1969) 15. by (2013) 16. by (1971) 17. (1968) 18. (1958) 19. by (1967) 20. by…”

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From Kool Keith Sweat 07/07/2018 17:23 | #217879 | TOP COMMENT

Evokes mania/hysteria well. All the other JCOA releases, except for Numatik Swing Band, are significantly better though. Feels like collage rather than fusion

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CellarDoor TOP 100 COMMENTER 09/30/2011 17:21 | #27928 | TOP COMMENT

Starts off like the soundtrack to a classic film noir, and ends in a locked loop hum from a possible vintage indian funeral. A mysterious and entertaining escalator indeed. (Edited)

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