Phantasmagoria
by Curved Air
Listen & Collect
Complete your collection or upgrade your listening experience.
Curved Air bestography
Phantasmagoria is ranked as the best album by Curved Air.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
Listen to Phantasmagoria on YouTube
Phantasmagoria track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Phantasmagoria rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1972 | 24/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Top 100 Music Albums of 1972 | 66/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  sssvnnn | singer | 65/100 | - |
| 2026 | RockyRaccoon | Progressive Rock #201-300 | 62/100 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1972 | 75/100 | - |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | 1972 4TH 100 | 8/100 | - |
| 2026 | sssvnnn | Top 100 Music Albums of 1972 | 41/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 94 Music Albums of 1972 | 94/94 | 0 |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | Greatest albums of the '70's (301 - 400) by U R C | 69/100 | - |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | Greatest albums of 1972 by Ultimate Record Collector | 45/51 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 41 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 76 | |||
Phantasmagoria collection
Showing all 17 members who have this album in their collection
Phantasmagoria ratings
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AVwhere:
av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating.
Showing latest 3 ratings for this album. | Show all 40 ratings for this album.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 01/03/2026 06:17 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,684 | 70/100 |
| ! | 12/28/2025 20:35 | duelek | 2,147 | 75/100 |
| ! | 01/20/2025 09:28 |  Liedzeit | 2,509 | 74/100 |
Rating metrics:
Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album is rated in the top 12% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.4/100, a mean average of 74.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.3.
Phantasmagoria favourites
Showing all 3 members who have added this album as a favourite
Phantasmagoria forum mentions
Liedzeit 08/10/2026 17:26 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
neilgee 05/07/2022 13:34 in What album are you listening to right now? RockyRaccoon 04/23/2018 14:22 in Need New Progressive Rock MusicPhantasmagoria comments
Top Comments First | Newest First | Positive Sentiment First | Longest Comments First
(Showing comments with any number of votes. Manage Profile)
Fischman TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/09/2018 01:46 | #226542
This is Curved Air's top album; the perfect blending of all they had to offer. It is dated, but the melodies, vocals, and progressive (for the time) music all make for a great combination any time. It is their peak, blending into a single pinnacle all they had to offer.
The top-voted comments get featured on our charts, Album of the Day, and the site newsletter.
