Yellow Magic Orchestra (studio album)
by Yellow Magic Orchestra

Yellow Magic Orchestra by Yellow Magic Orchestra
Year: 1978
Overall rank: 6,122nd   
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 57 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1978 (107th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (978th)
Award Best albums of all time (6,122nd)

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Yellow Magic Orchestra bestography

Yellow Magic Orchestra is ranked 3rd best out of 12 albums by Yellow Magic Orchestra on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Yellow Magic Orchestra is Solid State Survivor which is ranked number 2162 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 754.

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Overall rank: 6,122nd | 1970s rank: 978th | 1978 rank: 107th

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76/100 (from 57 votes)
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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 75.8/100, a mean average of 73.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.5.

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From 03/27/2023 09:10 | #295508
It’s terrible
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From 03/12/2018 00:18 | #210692
I like how this record preceded the entire chiptune / bitpop / video game music genres, but it isn't just pioneering... it's super fun !
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90/100
From 10/18/2017 02:27 | #199626
Yep. This right here is a dope electronic record from the 70's. The two computer game interludes are ok but the rest make up for it.
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From 08/24/2017 00:06 | #196641
Conservatively 10 years ahead of its time
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2. Parallel Lines by Blondie
3. The Cars by The Cars
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