World Record
by Van Der Graaf Generator

World Record by Van Der Graaf Generator
Year: 1976
Overall rank: 7,116th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 55 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1976 (99th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (1,098th)
Award Best albums of all time (7,116th)

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Van Der Graaf Generator bestography

World Record is ranked 8th best out of 27 albums by Van Der Graaf Generator on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Van Der Graaf Generator is Pawn Hearts which is ranked number 1206 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,438.

Van Der Graaf Generator album bestography « Higher ranked (6,556th)
The Quiet Zone/The Pleasure Dome
This album (7,116th)
World Record
Lower ranked (10,087th) »
The Aerosol Grey Machine

(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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World Record track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 7,116th | 1970s rank: 1,098th | 1976 rank: 99th

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Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 55 votes)
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70/100
 
12/25/2025 23:33 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  7,62470/100
 
80/100
 
08/07/2025 04:27 AAL2014  Ratings distribution  3,62375/100
 
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01/21/2025 19:04 RockyRaccoon  Ratings distribution  6,84384/100
 
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08/18/2024 15:04 saltysurprise  Ratings distribution  2,94383/100
 
75/100
 
03/12/2024 10:45 TroutMaskGreg  Ratings distribution  1,69669/100

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This album is rated in the top 11% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.6/100, a mean average of 74.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.3.

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Best Albums of 1976
1. Songs In The Key Of Life by Stevie Wonder
2. Station To Station by David Bowie
3. Ramones by Ramones
4. Hotel California by Eagles
5. Boston by Boston
6. Desire by Bob Dylan
7. Hejira by Joni Mitchell
8. 2112 by Rush
9. The Modern Lovers by The Modern Lovers
10. A New World Record by Electric Light Orchestra
11. A Trick Of The Tail by Genesis
12. Rising by Rainbow
13. Jailbreak by Thin Lizzy
14. Oxygène by Jean Michel Jarre
15. A Day At The Races by Queen
16. The Royal Scam by Steely Dan
17. "Rocks" by Aerosmith
18. África Brasil by Jorge Ben
19. Moonmadness by Camel
20. Arrival by ABBA
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