Camera Obscura (studio album) by Nico

Camera Obscura by Nico
Year: 1985
Overall rank: 25,684th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 35 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1985 (277th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (3,304th)
Award Best albums of all time (25,684th)
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Nico LP "Camera Obscura" Beggars Banquet 8938 ~ Orig '85 ~ NM Velvet Underground
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Nico + The Faction Camera Obscura Cassette Tape Velvet Underground RARE
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NICO + FACTION CAMERA OBSCURA VINYL ALBUM LP (ORIGINAL 1985) BEGA 63
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Nico bestography

Camera Obscura is ranked 6th best out of 16 albums by Nico on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Nico is Chelsea Girl which is ranked number 614 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,827.

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  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 35 votes)
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.9/100, a mean average of 71.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.6.

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