Time Machines
by Time Machines
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Time Machines bestography
Time Machines is ranked 5th best out of 38 albums by Coil on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Coil is The Ape Of Naples which is ranked number 2438 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 659.
(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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Time Machines track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Time Machines 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 | mttr-in-plc | Top 7 Music Albums of 1998 | 6/7 | 1 |
| 2026 | mttr-in-plc | Top 43 Music Albums of the 1990s | 33/43 | 5 |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1998 | 13/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 90 Music Albums of 1998 | 28/90 | 4 |
| 2025 |  Igtonumama | Top 100 Music Albums of 1998 | 97/100 | 0 |
| 2025 |  RockyRaccoon | Top 39 Music Albums of 1998 | 33/39 | 1 |
| 2025 |  johnner | Top 16 Music Albums of 1998 | 16/16 | 0 |
| 2024 |  Arthurknight | Top 100 Music Albums of 1998 | 42/100 | 3 |
| 2023 |  Xxnu99etxX | Coil (& Related) Discography Ranked (WIP) | 12/15 | - |
| 2023 | Xxnu99etxX | Top 71 Music Albums of 1998 | 53/71 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 22 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 73 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 05/30/2026 08:08 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,168 | 70/100 |
| ! | 10/19/2024 03:22 | bcc | 1,132 | 68/100 |
| ! | 10/16/2023 22:50 | BorderFreeAndrew | 15,747 | 74/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 10% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.7/100, a mean average of 76.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 9.5.
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NoisyBeast 07/29/2021 16:03 in What album are you listening to right now?
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Time Machines is Coil's landmark drone music album, released under the alias Time Machines. It consists of four tracks which are composed of a single tone, called a drone. Each tone represents a certain hallucinogenic chemical (see track titles). It is similar to Brian Eno's early ambient albums, except instead of creating an atmosphere of calm, it facilitates time travel, according to band founder John Balance. Each tone was tested and retested in the studio for maximum narcotic potency. John Balance described the album as an attempt to create "temporal slips
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