The Faust Tapes
by Faust
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The Faust Tapes is ranked 4th best out of 18 albums by Faust on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Faust is Faust IV which is ranked number 1014 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,717.
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The Faust Tapes track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Faust Tapes rankings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| 01/01/2026 23:47 | Exist-en-ciel | 9,585 | 70/100 | |
| 11/26/2024 23:01 |  slatsheit | 2,042 | 81/100 | |
| 11/10/2024 21:16 | Pluto11 | 12,163 | 72/100 | |
| 08/09/2024 22:04 | thepardunk | 2,576 | 69/100 | |
| 08/04/2024 21:48 |  AAL2014 | 3,784 | 75/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.3/100, a mean average of 77.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.2.
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It may be one of the weakest records in their catalogue, but it's still an impressive collection of little scraps of experimental music coalesced in the shape of "The Faust Tapes". Lucky you if you bought this album for 49p in the UK back in 1973, what a bargain for such a great album.
Bound to still be inaccessible to a huge percentage of the audience in 2016 let alone 1973, this record is simply a collection of great, timeless music and I urge Krautrock fans not to skip this one.
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