Coney Island Baby
by Lou Reed
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Lou Reed bestography
Coney Island Baby is ranked 7th best out of 38 albums by Lou Reed on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Lou Reed is Transformer which is ranked number 146 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 9,211.
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Coney Island Baby track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Coney Island Baby rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1976 | 95/100 | - |
| 2026 | saltysurprise | Top 49 Music Albums of 1975 | 42/49 | - |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1976 | 65/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | Juneof44 | Top 50 Music Albums of 1976 | 11/50 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Brandon8 | Lou Reed Top 10 Albums | 6/10 | - |
| 2026 |  neilgee | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 87/100 | 13 |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 58/100 | 9 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 66 Music Albums of 1975 | 1/66 | - |
| 2026 | neilgee | Top 100 Music Albums of 1976 | 4/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 68 Music Albums of 1976 | 7/68 | 5 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 149 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 337 | |||
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Coney Island Baby ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/05/2026 02:33 |  imacgill | 2,888 | 79/100 |
| ! | 09/16/2026 23:20 |  Taka | 1,096 | 80/100 |
| ! | 06/15/2026 02:16 | classicjoe | 507 | 78/100 |
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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 75.7/100, a mean average of 75.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.6.
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Coney Island Baby forum mentions
imacgill 08/04/2026 22:52 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) dihansse 02/23/2026 20:49 in My discoveries per year
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An underrated Lou Reed album. Coney island baby, is obviously not his best record but it's certainly in his top five. A more laid back LP, apart from that loud part on, kicks, it's an enjoyable LP, Lou Reed's summer record. The title track is lovely and to think this was the follow up to, metal machine music.
Brandon8 TOP 100 COMMENTER 03/13/2013 03:30 | #68087 | TOP COMMENT
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A mostly warm and upbeat record but with a few twists and a little sleaze as you should expect. This album makes me feel like I'm at a really freaky party in the 70's and that's not a bad thing. Kicks is a sick song and Coney Island Baby shows heart.
DeusExMackia TOP 100 COMMENTER 06/24/2015 16:45 | #144511 | TOP COMMENT
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So enticingly tasteful and laid back that I can't help but love it.
I got this album in the 80's but then hadn't heard it for decades. It wasn't as strong as I recall at the time but was still a great listen - Coney Island Baby track is subliminal
Underrated
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