Zuckerzeit
by Cluster
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Zuckerzeit is ranked as the best album by Cluster.
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Zuckerzeit track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Zuckerzeit rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Olli | Top 100 Music Albums of 1974 | 62/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Leonard | Top 99 Music Albums of 1974 | 5/99 | 5 |
| 2026 |  Wasinski | Top 70 Music Albums of 1974 | 38/70 | 2 |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Krautrock | 43/46 | - |
| 2026 | dukeboxkool | Top 100 Music Albums of 1974 | 95/100 | 0 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 99 Music Albums of 1974 | 54/99 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Repo | Top 97 Music Albums of 1974 | 30/97 | 4 |
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 80 Music Albums of 1974 | 67/80 | 1 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Best Electronic / Dance albums of all time by DigitalDreamDoor | 91/100 | - |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 83 Music Albums of 1974 | 25/83 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 101 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 358 | |||
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Zuckerzeit ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 03/31/2026 10:18 | Olli | 7,937 | 62/100 |
| ! | 01/16/2026 13:38 | RockyRaccoon | 7,247 | 84/100 |
| ! | 01/11/2026 11:30 | cicadelic | 14,151 | 73/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.3/100, a mean average of 76.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.2.
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EyeKanFly 04/05/2023 18:51 in What album are you listening to right now?
Mercury 05/29/2018 17:52 in Greatest Metal According to Gowi/LedZep/Repo/Rocky and I!Zuckerzeit comments
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teague TOP 100 COMMENTER 08/30/2021 21:11 | #273084 | TOP COMMENT
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Is it weird that I wish every song was twice as long as they are? I could really get lost in every minute of this thing. Zuckerzeit, along with Autobahn, really solidify electronics in pop music early on. Germans really knew what they were doing in the 70s in regards to music, such an innovative time.
this album is great. some of my favorite electronic drum sounds ever. really like that i have 0 idea how they created most of the sounds on it. also a great title, it's one of those german "double words" that just uses to words smashed together - "sugar time" :D (Edited)
Hayden TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/06/2012 19:19 | #39594 | TOP COMMENT
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I know it was one of the first 'electronic' albums, and the time and effort into getting the textures and panning and sounds is all very nice, but for the most part, I'm unimpressed with the final result. Roedelius's songs are also noticeably better than Moebius's.
imimesis 02/11/2016 17:14 | #159370 | TOP COMMENT
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This may go down as one of the most underrated albums of the 70s, maybe even in the history of the album format.
For instant listening, I could only find this YouTube full album video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AD7It9jaaBQ&wl_id=XOCSkXzLRJs&wl_token=JBu-6WZAh_g6szQzM56 KiBICd558MTQ1NTI5NTgxMkAxNDU1MjA5NDEy.
How crazy is that! Seriously, this will quickly make its way onto my top albums of the 1970s, maybe even top 100 of all time.
Groundbreaking and incredibly innovative, this record has influenced musicians to this very day.
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