Faintly Blowing
by Kaleidoscope (UK)
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Kaleidoscope (UK) bestography
Faintly Blowing is ranked 2nd best out of 5 albums by Kaleidoscope (UK) on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Kaleidoscope (UK) is Tangerine Dream which is ranked number 3869 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 382.
(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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Faintly Blowing track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Faintly Blowing 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 | Olli | Top 100 Music Albums of 1969 | 87/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | 1969 2ND 100 | 25/99 | - |
| 2026 | Cheboygan74 | Top 16 Music Albums of 1969 | 7/16 | 3 |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Pt2 Most expensive records sold on Discogs website | 53/99 | - |
| 2026 | Cheboygan74 | Top 60 Music Albums of the 1960s | 18/60 | 14 |
| 2026 |  bertrandu | *All Time* Psychedelic Pop Albums | 67/100 | - |
| 2024 |  meccalecca | Top 99 Music Albums of 1969 | 39/99 | 3 |
| 2023 | Steppenwolf666 | Rarest albums in the U.K. in 2020 by Record Collector Magazine | 82/100 | - |
| 2023 | edubs | Top 33 Music Albums of 1969 | 24/33 | 2 |
| 2022 | gussteivi | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 94/100 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 25 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 52 | |||
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Faintly Blowing ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 05/04/2026 11:55 | Olli | 7,932 | 62/100 |
| ! | 04/24/2024 16:05 | TradeShark | 754 | 47/100 |
| ! | 01/01/2024 16:16 | Cheboygan74 | 1,289 | 52/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.3/100, a mean average of 70.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.2.
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Norman Bates 10/31/2015 12:24 in What album are you listening to right now?Faintly Blowing comments
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Less psychedelic than the "Tangerine Dream" (1967) album, this album is more influenced by prog and hard rock although it still remains very acoustic. Through this album Kaleidoscope confirms his creativity and if you liked Tangerine Dream, you will enjoy this one too!
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