The Well Tempered Synthesizer
by Wendy Carlos
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Walter Carlos The Well-Tempered Synthesizer LP 1969 Columbia Masterworks MS7286
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Walter Carlos – The Well-Tempered Synthesizer (Audio Cassette Tape) Wendy Carlos
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“The Well-Tempered Synthesizer” - VTG RARE Cassette Tape From Walter Carlos
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Wendy Carlos bestography
The Well Tempered Synthesizer is ranked 5th best out of 17 albums by Wendy Carlos on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Wendy Carlos is Switched-On Bach which is ranked number 11062 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 106.
(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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Rankings summary
Overall rank: 57,290th | 1960s rank: 3,138th | 1969 rank: 564th| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
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| 2025 |  MadhattanJack | Top 57 Music Albums of 1969 | 34/57 | 2 |
| 2023 |  sssvnnn | contemporary classical crossover | 99/100 | - |
| 2019 | emptysquares | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 76/100 | 5 |
| 2019 | emptysquares | Top 29 Music Albums of 1969 | 19/29 | 2 |
| 2018 | AlienCinema | Top 90 Music Albums of 1969 | 77/90 | 1 |
| 2012 | clockworkfiction3 | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 91/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 6 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 10 | |||
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| ! | 04/28/2025 12:42 | TonySayers61 | 23,310 | 64/100 |
| ! | 04/24/2023 22:08 | MadhattanJack | 5,460 | 65/100 |
| ! | 11/11/2020 10:29 | LosWochos | 46,650 | 75/100 |
| ! | 04/20/2019 21:36 | TodFitz | 27,325 | 63/100 |
| ! | 01/31/2017 21:12 |  bobbyb5 | 2,777 | 82/100 |
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