Drumming (1987)
by Steve Reich
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Steve Reich bestography
Drumming (1987) is ranked 7th best out of 29 albums by Steve Reich on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Steve Reich is Music For 18 Musicians which is ranked number 521 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,313.
(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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Drumming (1987) track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Drumming (1987) rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Leonard | Top 100 Music Albums of 1987 | 69/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | JamesMowbray | Top 100 Music Albums of 1987 | 32/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 100 Music Albums of 1987 | 64/100 | 2 |
| 2025 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1987 | 66/100 | 2 |
| 2024 | rkm | Top 36 Music Albums of 1987 | 36/36 | 0 |
| 2024 |  Arthurknight | Top 100 Music Albums of 1987 | 38/100 | 3 |
| 2024 |  Wasinski | Top 100 Music Albums of 1987 | 54/100 | 2 |
| 2023 | Elauqsapid | Top 15 Music Albums of 1987 | 4/15 | 4 |
| 2022 |  Cardboardfolder | Top 64 Music Albums of 1987 | 38/64 | 2 |
| 2020 | Giant2015 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 58/100 | 9 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 16 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 42 | |||
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Drumming (1987) ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/10/2026 21:48 |  EyeKanFly | 9,059 | 65/100 |
| ! | 04/17/2026 05:28 | JamesMowbray | 5,735 | 69/100 |
| ! | 12/07/2025 16:23 | Araldo | 1,472 | 80/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.4/100, a mean average of 77.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.1.
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