Time Machines
by Time Machines

Time Machines by Time Machines
Year: 1998
Overall rank: 15,101st   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 21 votes)
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Award Top albums of 1998 (238th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (2,361st)
Award Best albums of all time (15,101st)

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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 2393 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 673.

Time Machines album bestography « Higher ranked (10,926th)
Love's Secret Domain
This album (15,101st)
Time Machines
Lower ranked (16,530th) »
Musick To Play In The Dark Vol.2

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Overall rank: 15,101st | 1990s rank: 2,361st | 1998 rank: 238th

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75/100 (from 21 votes)
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05/30/2026 08:08 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  11,80070/100
 
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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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From 06/08/2012 19:17 | #44112
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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