The Future Now
by Peter Hammill
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Peter Hammill bestography
The Future Now is ranked 10th best out of 45 albums by Peter Hammill on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Peter Hammill is The Silent Corner And The Empty Stage which is ranked number 3304 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 461.
(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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The Future Now track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Future Now rankings
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The Future Now ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 02/02/2025 16:05 | platus | 5,871 | 74/100 |
| ! | 01/26/2025 18:09 | TonySayers61 | 25,200 | 64/100 |
| ! | 08/30/2024 08:26 | TroutMaskGreg | 1,802 | 69/100 |
| ! | 11/17/2023 14:12 | cicadelic | 13,560 | 73/100 |
| ! | 03/30/2023 19:41 | LosWochos | 47,365 | 75/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 7% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.3/100, a mean average of 76.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.2.
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Robert Anton Wilson 08/20/2012 18:06 | #48900
A change of sound. PH starts experimenting more with odd synthesised sounds and oddly atypical sounds. Still includes a few typical strong PH songs.
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