Operation
by Birth Control

Operation by Birth Control
Year: 1971
Overall rank: 28,471st   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 18 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1971 (348th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (3,181st)
Award Best albums of all time (28,471st)

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Birth Control bestography

Operation is ranked 2nd best out of 17 albums by Birth Control on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Birth Control is Hoodoo Man which is ranked number 17895 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 60.

Birth Control album bestography « Higher ranked (17,895th)
Hoodoo Man
This album (28,471st)
Operation
Lower ranked (28,471st) »
Operation

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Operation rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 28,471st | 1970s rank: 3,181st | 1971 rank: 348th

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Operation ratings

Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 18 votes)
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70/100
 
01/04/2026 12:20 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  7,66270/100
 
80/100
 
06/27/2024 21:33 dougcummings  Ratings distribution  2,02772/100
 
85/100
 
04/16/2022 18:13 thekrauter  Ratings distribution  53481/100
 
60/100
 
03/19/2022 02:02 dhbarrett  Ratings distribution  8,34465/100
 
90/100
 
01/18/2022 20:29 IlMala  Ratings distribution  1,74271/100

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This album is rated in the top 6% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.8/100, a mean average of 77.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 9.2.

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90/100
From 09/03/2018 14:29 | #220494
One of the coolest most random yet creepiest album covers ever haha. I had to listen to it! Ended up really liking it, it's like if the lead singer of the Guess Who was in a hard rock/prog type band.
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Best Albums of 1971
1. Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV) by Led Zeppelin
2. Who's Next by The Who
3. Hunky Dory by David Bowie
4. What's Going On by Marvin Gaye
5. Sticky Fingers by The Rolling Stones
6. Blue by Joni Mitchell
7. Tago Mago by Can
8. Meddle by Pink Floyd
9. L.A. Woman by The Doors
10. Tapestry by Carole King
11. Fragile by Yes
12. Bryter Layter by Nick Drake
13. Master Of Reality by Black Sabbath
14. Aqualung by Jethro Tull
15. Ram by Paul & Linda McCartney
16. Electric Warrior by T. Rex
17. Imagine by John Lennon
18. Maggot Brain by Funkadelic
19. There's A Riot Goin' On by Sly & The Family Stone
20. At Fillmore East by The Allman Brothers Band
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