The Faust Tapes (studio album)
by Faust

The Faust Tapes by Faust
Year: 1973
Overall rank: 9,923rd   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 45 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1973 (172nd)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (1,443rd)
Award Best albums of all time (9,923rd)

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Faust bestography

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 949 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,827.

Faust album bestography « Higher ranked (3,294th)
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This album (9,923rd)
The Faust Tapes
Lower ranked (28,143rd) »
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The Faust Tapes track list

  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Latest 20 charts that this album appears in:

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2025stangetzawayTop 52 Music Albums of 197336/522
2025 LeonardTop 100 Music Albums of 197373/1001
2025pjerskeTop 100 Music Albums of the 1970s35/10013
2025 AAL2014Top 100 Music Albums of 197325/1004
2025WayneMCTop 100 Music Albums of 197345/1003
2025 WasinskiTop 80 Music Albums of 197331/803
2025 slatsheitTop 70 Music Albums of 197352/701
2025JohnnyoAlbums of the year 1973 by Acclaimed Music47/69 -
2025JohnnyoAlbums of the year 1973 by Ultimate Record Collector56/64 -
2025mttr-in-plcTop 25 Music Albums of the 1970s8/2514
2025 RepoTop 100 Music Albums of 197359/1002
2025 Norman BatesTop 100 Music Albums of 197349/1003
2025JohnnyoGreatest albums of the '70's (401 - 500) by U R C15/100 -
2024 ArthurknightTop 100 Music Albums of 197341/1003
2024 DommeDamianScaruffi Best Albums of 197321/58 -
2024 AAL2014Faust: So Far..3/4 -
2023WayneMCUncut: The 500 Greatest Albums Of The 1970s (401-500)15/100 -
2022 sageamagooTop 100 Music Albums of the 1970s26/10015
2021JamesMowbrayTop 100 Music Albums of 197363/1002
2020Red0510Top 65 Music Albums of 19737/655
Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 46
Total Rank Score: The total rank score. 120

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The Faust Tapes ratings

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76/100 (from 45 votes)
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01/12/2023 14:17 DommeDamian  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 7,22249/100

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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 76.4/100, a mean average of 77.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.2.

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From 11/29/2016 16:40
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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Best Albums of 1973
1. The Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd
2. Innervisions by Stevie Wonder
3. Houses Of The Holy by Led Zeppelin
4. Selling England By The Pound by Genesis
5. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John
6. Quadrophenia by The Who
7. Band On The Run by Paul McCartney & Wings
8. Aladdin Sane by David Bowie
9. Raw Power by Iggy And The Stooges
10. Future Days by Can
11. (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd) by Lynyrd Skynyrd
12. For Your Pleasure by Roxy Music
13. Head Hunters by Herbie Hancock
14. Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield
15. Closing Time by Tom Waits
16. Berlin by Lou Reed
17. The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle by Bruce Springsteen
18. Let's Get It On by Marvin Gaye
19. Paris 1919 by John Cale
20. Larks' Tongues In Aspic by King Crimson
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