Expresso II
by Gong

Expresso II by Gong
Year: 1978
Overall rank: 40,644th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 17 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1978 (422nd)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (4,089th)
Award Best albums of all time (40,644th)

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Gong bestography

Expresso II is ranked 13th best out of 33 albums by Gong on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Gong is Flying Teapot (Radio Gnome Invisible Part 1) which is ranked number 2721 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 572.

Gong album bestography « Higher ranked (40,023rd)
Unending Ascending
This album (40,644th)
Expresso II
Lower ranked (50,417th) »
Gazeuse!

(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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Rankings summary
Overall rank: 40,644th | 1970s rank: 4,089th | 1978 rank: 422nd

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Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 17 votes)
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08/13/2025 03:46 AAL2014  Ratings distribution  3,70975/100
 
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03/25/2025 18:09 platus  Ratings distribution  5,83874/100
 
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12/30/2022 15:33 Adhura  Ratings distribution  1,53177/100

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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.0/100, a mean average of 76.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.4.

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