Temple IV
by Roy Montgomery

Temple IV by Roy Montgomery
Year: 1996
Overall rank: 6,808th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 36 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1996 (123rd)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (1,103rd)
Award Best albums of all time (6,808th)

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Overall rank: 6,808th | 1990s rank: 1,103rd | 1996 rank: 123rd
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2026 ForegroundNoiseAround the World Around the World Around the World Around the Wo45/63 -
2026 arthurbittencourtTop 100 Music Albums of the 1990s48/10011
2026 HaydenTop 100 Music Albums of the 1990s57/1009
2026 HaydenTop 50 Music Albums of 199610/504
2025 CellarDoorTop 100 Greatest Music Albums52/10046
2025 RepoTop 100 Music Albums of 199622/1004
2025pjerskeTop 100 Music Albums of the 1990s59/1008
2025 PurplepashTop 68 Music Albums of 199650/681
2025 johnnerTop 18 Music Albums of 199513/18 -
2025 Xxnu99etxXTop 77 Music Albums of 19969/774
2024 ArthurknightTop 100 Music Albums of 199671/1002
2024 DommeDamianScaruffi Best Albums of 199693/100 -
2024 SingingPeasant96Top 49 Music Albums of 199622/493
2023 Xxnu99etxXRoy Montgomery Discography Ranked1/4 -
2021 Tha1ChiefRockaTop 100 Music Albums of 199619/1004
2020 StefanR10Top 100 Music Albums of 199686/1001
2020 kaduphemingTop 80 Music Albums of 19967/805
2020 CellarDoorTop 96 Music Albums of 19966/965
2020cronadigallina99 Best Postrock Bands73/99 -
2019 arthurbittencourtTop 24 Music Albums of 19963/245
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 31
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 189
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75/100 (from 36 votes)
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02/10/2025 14:06 TonySayers61  Ratings distribution  24,16264/100
 
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This album is rated in the top 6% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.5/100, a mean average of 74.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.8.

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From 08/08/2012 16:05 | #48107
Taking cues from the Durruti Column and Wire, Temple IV see's Montgomery's guitar-only instrumentals evoke the mystery and beauty of South America to sublime effect. Like Flying Saucer Attack Roy Montgomery was one of the very first post-rock artists.
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