Coney Island Baby
by Lou Reed
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Lou Reed bestography
Coney Island Baby is ranked 7th best out of 37 albums by Lou Reed on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Lou Reed is Transformer which is ranked number 145 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 9,303.
(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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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: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  neilgee | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 87/100 | 13 |
| 2026 |  Repo | Top 87 Music Albums of 1975 | 50/87 | - |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1976 | 64/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1976 | 95/100 | - |
| 2026 | neilgee | Top 100 Music Albums of 1976 | 4/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | Juneof44 | Top 50 Music Albums of 1976 | 11/50 | 4 |
| 2026 | Olli | Top 100 Music Albums of 1976 | 26/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 23/100 | 16 |
| 2026 | dukeboxkool | Top 88 Music Albums of 1976 | 54/88 | 2 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 66 Music Albums of 1975 | 1/66 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 149 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 336 | |||
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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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| ! | 06/15/2026 02:16 | classicjoe | 507 | 78/100 |
| ! | 02/19/2026 21:39 | Proto | 4,277 | 33/100 |
| ! | 12/28/2025 09:41 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,601 | 70/100 |
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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 12.7.
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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
albummaster 02/14/2026 09:01 in Year Change NoticesConey Island Baby comments
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Jboy56 07/17/2023 12:09 | #298177
A fine lazy afternoon listening
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
Best Tracks: A Gift, Nobody's Business
Favorite Tracks: Charley's Girl, She's My Best Friend & Coney Island Baby
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.
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