69
by A.R. Kane
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A.R. Kane bestography
69 is ranked 2nd best out of 4 albums by A.R. Kane on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by A.R. Kane is "i" which is ranked number 9290 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 132.
(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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69 track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
69 rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 7 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 1988 | 94/100 | 0 |
| 2026 |  MadhattanJack | Top 64 Music Albums of 1988 | 26/64 | 3 |
| 2026 | jdizzle123456 | Top 50 Music Albums of the 1980s | 43/50 | 3 |
| 2026 | OFarrio | Top 21 Music Albums of 1988 | 18/21 | 1 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 72/100 | 6 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Q magazine Recordings Of The Year 1988 | 17/50 | - |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 100 Music Albums of 1988 | 13/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  ssteve | Top 23 Music Albums of 1988 | 16/23 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Norman Bates | Top 100 Music Albums of 1988 | 46/100 | 3 |
| 2025 | skrapoel | Top 47 Music Albums of 1988 | 31/47 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 53 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 126 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 06/19/2026 14:15 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,601 | 70/100 |
| ! | 10/22/2025 22:46 |  EyeKanFly | 8,848 | 65/100 |
| ! | 08/24/2025 11:22 | Ilovesuicide | 373 | 67/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.0/100, a mean average of 73.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.6.
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Forum mentions
MadhattanJack 07/05/2022 20:25 in What album are you listening to right now?
guzguzgarbit 02/25/2019 13:13 in Catching Up69 comments
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bcmandude 10/14/2019 17:14 | #243741 | TOP COMMENT
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69 is as important as Treasure by Cocteau Twins and Isn't Anything by My Bloody Valentine when it comes to pioneering the shoegaze movement.
69 is an album in its own dimension. "Crazy Blue" is the spiraling gateway drug to a dream world of complex emotions and abstract ideas, and "Spanish Quay (3)" is like a calm riverboat ride back to reality.
Truly one of the weirdest album-listening experiences I've ever had, and in this case I mean that in a really good way.
Kingturtle 07/29/2019 05:21 | #240495 | TOP COMMENT
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I still call this a post-punk album, in all the best meanings of the term.
Boltzmann 09/03/2018 18:57 | #220515 | TOP COMMENT
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Almost all new genres of the ‘80s are crammed up into this album: noise rock, dream pop, new wave. I only miss jangle pop and hip hop (well, that would be strange too if those were included). Very interesting listening session.
johnner 08/07/2012 15:37 | #48026 | TOP COMMENT
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Along with MBV AR Kane were one of the first bands to pioneer the shoegaze sound and FACT, the first to coin the phrase dream-pop.
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