I Took Up The Runes
by Jan Garbarek
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Jan Garbarek bestography
I Took Up The Runes is ranked 2nd best out of 15 albums by Jan Garbarek on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Jan Garbarek is Visible World which is ranked number 17535 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 63.
(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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I Took Up The Runes track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
I Took Up The Runes rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Hayden | Top 50 Music Albums of 1990 | 36/50 | 2 |
| 2026 |  MW19704U | Top 99 Music Albums of 1990 | 53/99 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Leonard | Top 100 Music Albums of 1990 | 26/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Wasinski | Top 85 Music Albums of 1990 | 54/85 | 2 |
| 2025 | mostlymor | Top 100 Music Albums of 1990 | 56/100 | 2 |
| 2025 |  Repo | Top 100 Music Albums of 1990 | 85/100 | 1 |
| 2025 |  sssvnnn | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 30/100 | 14 |
| 2025 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1990 | 74/100 | 1 |
| 2025 | sssvnnn | Top 80 Music Albums of 1990 | 4/80 | 5 |
| 2022 |  pa | Top 44 Music Albums of 1990 | 19/44 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 20 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 60 | |||
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I Took Up The Runes ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/25/2024 10:45 | TonySayers61 | 25,961 | 64/100 |
| ! | 06/28/2024 13:09 | BorderFreeAndrew | 15,755 | 74/100 |
| ! | 01/18/2023 22:57 | Moondance | 20,846 | 72/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 15% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.0/100, a mean average of 72.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.9.
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