Delay 1968
by Can
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Delay 1968 is ranked 8th best out of 33 albums by Can on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Can is Tago Mago which is ranked number 158 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 8,762.
(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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Delay 1968 track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Delay 1968 rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | pjerske | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 100/100 | 0 |
| 2026 |  Wasinski | Top 100 Music Albums of 1981 | 25/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 1981 | 69/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 99 Music Albums of 1981 | 92/99 | 0 |
| 2026 | LosWochos | Top 99 Music Albums of 1981 | 52/99 | 2 |
| 2026 | pinkfreud1981 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 74/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  ssteve | Top 34 Music Albums of 1981 | 30/34 | 1 |
| 2026 | mikepen | Top 100 Music Albums of 1981 | 90/100 | 1 |
| 2025 |  craola | Top 20 Music Albums of 1981 | 4/20 | 4 |
| 2025 | pinkfreud1981 | Top 13 Music Albums of 1981 | 11/13 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 23 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 53 | |||
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Delay 1968 ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/02/2026 05:01 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,304 | 70/100 |
| ! | 06/29/2026 17:00 | Leschoses | 132 | 85/100 |
| ! | 05/17/2026 14:10 | duelek | 2,219 | 75/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 23% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.5/100, a mean average of 73.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.4.
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lancashirearab TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/12/2012 18:55 | #42085
According to the Can website and anywhere else I can check, this album was released in 1981 not 1982.
The Thief is far and away the best song here, and probably the best Malcolm Mooney Can song
Thief is their best song of their career ?
2nd Halleluwah
Pure 60s vintage distorted sound, very fun to party stoned.
teague TOP 100 COMMENTER 09/03/2021 17:33 | #273244
Better than Monster Movie in my opinion.
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