Tokyo Tapes
by Scorpions
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Scorpions bestography
Tokyo Tapes is ranked 12th best out of 37 albums by Scorpions on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Scorpions is Love At First Sting which is ranked number 1968 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 862.
(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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Tokyo Tapes track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Tokyo Tapes 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 |  dihansse | Best live albums | 9/51 | - |
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 87/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | MrOlan | Top 16 Music Albums of 1978 | 1/16 | 5 |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 35/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | MrOlan | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 33/100 | 14 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top live albums of all time by Metal Storm | 96/100 | - |
| 2026 |  slatsheit | Top 62 Music Albums of 1978 | 28/62 | 3 |
| 2026 |  jeremy9 | Top 37 Music Albums of 1978 | 3/37 | 5 |
| 2025 | TodFitz | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 9/100 | 5 |
| 2024 |  Repo | 1978: Metal | 17/34 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 32 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 115 | |||
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Tokyo Tapes ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/17/2026 19:17 | MNGamecock | 11 | 75/100 |
| ! | 01/16/2026 08:43 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,199 | 70/100 |
| ! | 01/06/2026 14:58 | Olli | 7,944 | 62/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.4/100, a mean average of 78.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.7.
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Tokyo Tapes forum mentions
Repo 04/10/2022 20:10 in What album are you listening to right now? dihansse 03/22/2019 21:22 in Favorite of these 3 underrated hard rock bands of the 70s? dihansse 10/22/2017 18:26 in What's your favorite live album ever?Tokyo Tapes comments
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ponkine 03/15/2012 20:12 | #38422
One of the greatest live albums of all times. Up there with 'Made in Japan', really. This is a rare case where most of live renditions outperform studio counterparts. Why they never recorded 'All Night Long' in studio is beyond me. 'We'll Burn The Sky' specially shines here.
Jasonconfused TOP 100 COMMENTER 11/15/2012 23:19 | #55138
Uli Jon Roth is arguably the most underrated shredder in the history of guitar playing. Horribly underrated. Let me put it this way: If you like Jimi Hendrix, you'll like Roth. And if you don't like Hendrix, you're an idiot.
Uno de los mejores directos de la historia.
El trabajo a la guitarra de Uli es excepcional, sonando muy Hendrix.
El arranque del disco es brutal y hay varios temas memorables.
Primero vi a Scorpions en directo y meses después a Uli. Entonces entendí porque no tocaban temas de la primera época de Scorpions. Respuesta sencilla: Uli es estratosférico. Jabs no llega a la suela de sus zapatos. (Edited)
Vaggelis 11/18/2014 03:45 | #127300
This means appearance, This means Live, This means Scorpions...This means ROCK!!!
Good live album from the early version of the band
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