Ecstasy
by Lou Reed
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Lou Reed bestography
Ecstasy is ranked 10th best out of 38 albums by Lou Reed on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Lou Reed is Transformer which is ranked number 146 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 9,266.
(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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Ecstasy track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Ecstasy 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 |  DommeDamian | Scaruffi Best Albums of 2000 | 54/84 | - |
| 2026 | Juneof44 | Top 50 Music Albums of 2000 | 6/50 | 5 |
| 2026 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 2000 | 86/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 90 Music Albums of 2000 | 65/90 | 1 |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2000 | 79/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Sandrof1969 | Top 15 Music Albums of 2000 | 12/15 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Leonard | Top 100 Music Albums of 2000 | 12/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Brandon8 | Lou Reed Top 10 Albums | 7/10 | - |
| 2026 | glynspsa | Top 99 Music Albums of 2000 | 71/99 | 1 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 2000 | 88/100 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 51 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 162 | |||
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Ecstasy ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 02/08/2026 12:47 | cicadelic | 14,017 | 73/100 |
| ! | 10/24/2025 13:06 | TroutMaskGreg | 1,824 | 69/100 |
| ! | 09/04/2025 21:56 | Juneof44 | 2,629 | 69/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.4/100, a mean average of 72.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.9.
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Ecstasy forum mentions
dihansse 12/07/2023 19:50 in My discoveries per yearEcstasy comments
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Brandon8 TOP 100 COMMENTER 11/24/2019 18:38 | #245142 | TOP COMMENT
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The last proper album by Lou and he goes out in style. The record starts off strong with Paranoia Key of E. Rock Minuet and Like A Possum are epic songs reminiscent of Sister Ray and Street Hassle. It finishes well with Big Sky.
Sandrof1969 02/21/2018 18:54 | #209101
"Ecstasy" è buono ma non è uno dei suoi dischi migliori; se poi lo si confronta con quanto aveva realizzato appena dieci anni prima impallidisce. Contiene qualche bella canzone, un suono potente, ma talvolta sembra tirato per i capelli, allinea troppi riempitivi ( ed infatti dura troppo… ) e Lou con la voce sembra non arrivarci sempre...
The last truly Lou Reed album. Great rhytm section, great songs and production.
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