Crystals
by Sam Rivers
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Crystals is ranked as the best album by Sam Rivers.
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Crystals track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Crystals 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 |  deadhouse | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 30/100 | 69 |
| 2026 |  AfterHours | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 91/100 | 10 |
| 2026 |  Hayden | Top 100 Music Albums of 1974 | 43/100 | 3 |
| 2025 | Hyggevinyl | Top 65 Music Albums of 1974 | 31/65 | 3 |
| 2024 | LosWochos | Top 100 Music Albums of 1974 | 80/100 | 1 |
| 2024 |  EyeKanFly | AM Bubbling Under 1970s 4 | 95/98 | - |
| 2022 | Hayden | No Coda | 19/100 | - |
| 2022 | JamesMowbray | Top 100 Music Albums of 1974 | 29/100 | 4 |
| 2021 |  NoisyBeast | Favorite Jazz Albums ~ Part One | 41/100 | - |
| 2020 |  Glitterboiii | Top 50 Music Albums of 1974 | 44/50 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 22 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 135 | |||
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Crystals ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 08/04/2026 19:51 | AfterHours | 836 | 75/100 |
| ! | 12/29/2025 20:05 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,613 | 70/100 |
| ! | 04/02/2025 15:48 |  LedZep | 5,124 | 79/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.0/100, a mean average of 77.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.8.
Forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 07/02/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5361): By deadhouse
neilgee 02/04/2026 16:32 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)Crystals comments
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TBC…
Album Rating:
1.Exultation. 66
2.Tranquility.
3.Postlude
4.Bursts
5.Orb
6.Earth Song
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