Incantations (studio album)
by Mike Oldfield

Incantations by Mike Oldfield
Year: 1978
Overall rank: 11,394th   
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 75 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1978 (165th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (1,609th)
Award Best albums of all time (11,394th)

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Mike Oldfield bestography

Incantations is ranked 10th best out of 34 albums by Mike Oldfield on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Mike Oldfield is Tubular Bells which is ranked number 522 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,332.

Mike Oldfield album bestography « Higher ranked (9,261st)
The Songs Of Distant Earth
This album (11,394th)
Incantations
Lower ranked (12,688th) »
Man On The Rocks

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Incantations track list

   The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Incantations rankings

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Overall rank: 11,394th | 1970s rank: 1,609th | 1978 rank: 165th

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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 76.7/100, a mean average of 77.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.8.

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From 02/19/2022 13:37 | #281529
The first four Oldfield Albums are timeless , essential master-pieces.
Heard them a zillion times and they still offer something new to the listener.
Incantations ; Ommadawn ; Hergest Ridge and (of course) Tubular Bells
belong in every music-collection
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From 06/02/2018 23:01 | #216045
Look at that cover. The guy is 25. A year younger than Joe strummer. Oh well, he may not look too cool and like he's off to teach 6th form geography but I'll take this album to my turntable any (most) days over any clash album. A fine charidee shop find. Big up aal crew playing incantations in '78!
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From 03/21/2018 19:41 | #211445
An underrated Mike Oldfield record. It's long (double vinyl) but it is enjoyable enough with some nice moments. Not bad at all.
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Best Albums of 1978
1. Darkness On The Edge Of Town by Bruce Springsteen
2. Parallel Lines by Blondie
3. The Cars by The Cars
4. This Year's Model by Elvis Costello
5. Van Halen by Van Halen
6. Die Mensch·Maschine by Kraftwerk
7. The Kick Inside by Kate Bush
8. Some Girls by The Rolling Stones
9. Music For 18 Musicians by Steve Reich
10. More Songs About Buildings And Food by Talking Heads
11. Dire Straits by Dire Straits
12. Hemispheres by Rush
13. Outlandos D'Amour by The Police
14. 3rd by Big Star
15. All Mod Cons by The Jam
16. Chairs Missing by Wire
17. Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! by Devo
18. The Modern Dance by Pere Ubu
19. Real Life by Magazine
20. Powerage by AC/DC
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