Operation
by Birth Control
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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 19330 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 56.
(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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Operation track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Operation rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | vruslov | Top 81 Music Albums of 1971 | 67/81 | 1 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 65 Music Albums of 1971 | 26/65 | 3 |
| 2026 | Olli | Top 100 Music Albums of 1971 | 97/100 | 0 |
| 2025 | TodFitz | Top 100 Music Albums of 1971 | 55/100 | 2 |
| 2025 | thekrauter | Top 45 Music Albums of 1971 | 30/45 | 2 |
| 2025 |  MW19704U | The Sound Of Germany (part1) | 49/100 | - |
| 2024 | ExTeaSea | F2LF: Birth Control | 2/10 | - |
| 2024 | dougcummings | Top 41 Music Albums of 1971 | 28/41 | 2 |
| 2023 | MW19704U | Top 100 Music Albums of 1971 | 79/100 | 1 |
| 2022 |  IlMala | Top 50 Music Albums of 1971 | 23/50 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 20 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 31 | |||
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Operation ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 04/25/2026 09:04 | Olli | 7,969 | 62/100 |
| ! | 01/04/2026 12:20 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,586 | 70/100 |
| ! | 06/27/2024 21:33 | dougcummings | 2,027 | 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 75.2/100, a mean average of 76.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 9.8.
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Operation forum mentions
bobbyb5 03/28/2018 08:32 in Intro to Krautrock
drakonium 01/21/2014 17:40 in What album are you listening to right now?Operation comments
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That cover is just wrong.
ExTeaSea TOP 100 COMMENTER 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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