Incantations
by Mike Oldfield
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Mike Oldfield bestography
Incantations is ranked 10th best out of 36 albums by Mike Oldfield on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Mike Oldfield is Tubular Bells which is ranked number 512 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,364.
(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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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
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Graeme2 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 75/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 98 Music Albums of 1978 | 26/98 | 4 |
| 2026 |  neilgee | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 64/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  DommeDamian | Top 22 Music Albums of 1978 | 10/22 | 3 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1978 Pt 2 | 25/26 | - |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 66/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Leonard | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 79/100 | 1 |
| 2025 |  sssvnnn | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 29/100 | 4 |
| 2025 | thekrauter | Top 41 Music Albums of 1978 | 30/41 | 1 |
| 2024 | LosWochos | Best Of 1978: 40 Jahre, 40 Alben by laut (2018) | 11/40 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 48 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 100 | |||
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Incantations ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/14/2026 20:48 | Graeme2 | 4,916 | 80/100 |
| ! | 06/16/2026 23:48 | Skerns | 5,214 | 80/100 |
| ! | 06/08/2026 22:48 |  luigybetis | 1,547 | 87/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.0/100, a mean average of 77.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.8.
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Forum mentions
neilgee 08/31/2019 19:37 in What album are you listening to right now? Graeme2 02/16/2019 23:03 in What album are you listening to right now?Incantations comments
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doombringer 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
Graeme2 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!
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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