Octet / Music For A Large Ensemble / Violin Phase
by Steve Reich
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Octet / Music For A Large Ensemble / Violin Phase is ranked 2nd best out of 28 albums by Steve Reich on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Steve Reich is Music For 18 Musicians which is ranked number 536 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,226.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| ! | 03/13/2026 03:56 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,223 | 70/100 |
| ! | 12/01/2025 13:20 |  Hayden | 7,789 | 72/100 |
| ! | 11/12/2025 20:35 | NYAndreas | 1,433 | 44/100 |
| ! | 08/20/2025 08:38 |  DommeDamian | 7,506 | 49/100 |
| ! | 07/27/2024 14:24 | Skerns | 5,155 | 80/100 |
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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 77.6/100, a mean average of 77.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.8.
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Onater 10/21/2017 22:40 | #199894 | TOP COMMENT
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More rhythmically complex than Music For 18 Musicians (especially on Violin Phase, some of the rhythms on that are insane), but not quite as euphoric.
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