Zeit
by Tangerine Dream

Album
Zeit by Tangerine Dream
Year: 1972
Release date: 1972-08-00
Overall rank: 2,678th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 159 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1972 (44th)
Award Top albums of of the 1970s (470th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,678th)

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Tangerine Dream bestography

Zeit is ranked 2nd best out of 124 albums by Tangerine Dream on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Tangerine Dream is Phaedra which is ranked number 1184 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,477.

Tangerine Dream album bestography « Higher ranked (1,184th)
Phaedra This album (2,678th)
Zeit Lower ranked (2,855th) »
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Zeit rankings

Zeit rankings summary
Overall rank: 2,678th | 1970s rank: 470th | 1972 rank: 44th  Overall chart history
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Zeit ratings

Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 159 votes)
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 !		06/16/2026 04:58 stangetzaway  Ratings distribution  2,34083/100
 
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 !		04/30/2026 14:10 Pavloss  Ratings distribution  48850/100
 
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 !		04/01/2026 23:09 Helios  Ratings distribution  6,27369/100

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This album is rated in the top 7% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.2/100, a mean average of 74.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.2.


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Zeit forum mentions

This album has been referenced 24 times on the forums, Explore the wider forum discussion to see what members have said about it.
From stangetzaway 06/13/2026 00:03 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
“What album are you listening to? (cont.)”
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From stangetzaway 05/13/2026 00:32 in Albums You Added To Your Collection Today
“Albums You Added To Your Collection Today”
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From CharlieBarley 07/29/2024 22:23 in Working My Way Through The BEA Overall Chart
“#.2428: Ethereal, spooky, and definitely a bit different. I liked it a lot.”
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Zeit comments

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From 12/22/2011 19:32 | #33531 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
wow, cool that nobody else likes it, because I like it so much that it offends me if somebody else likes it:-) (Edited)
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From 09/16/2017 07:05 | #198072 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
When I saw Tangerine Dream at the Royal Albert Hall they opened with 'Birth of Liquid Plejades', the vision of the 4 cellists in masks at the front of the stage will always come back to me when I listen to this album. The music conjures up desolate empty space, the more I listen the more I hear musical themes rather than walls of sound and I always hear something new with each listen. Swirling Moog backed by sombre organ rise and fall in timeless landscapes. Brilliant!
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From 01/15/2024 04:06 | #301191 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
This album feels like space, but not in a blissful way like Structures From Silence. It feels like floating in space, you're all alone and you realize you are never going to die. You're just going to float all alone for forever, time means nothing. (Edited)
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From 03/30/2016 16:09 | #162988 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Unlucky zonrod I like it too. Certainly one of their best, a sprawling epic.
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From 09/11/2017 05:55 | #197790 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
enjoyable. much better than phaedra. great homework music
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