Initiation
by Todd Rundgren
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Todd Rundgren bestography
Initiation is ranked 8th best out of 33 albums by Todd Rundgren on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Todd Rundgren is Something/Anything? which is ranked number 1366 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,263.
(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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Initiation track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Initiation rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Helios | Top 60 Music Albums of 1975 | 6/60 | 5 |
| 2026 |  MW19704U | Top 100 Music Albums of 1975 | 85/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1975 | 67/100 | 2 |
| 2025 | mostlymor | Top 100 Music Albums of 1975 | 56/100 | 2 |
| 2025 | AAL2014 | Todd Rundgren: So Far.. | 4/5 | - |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | Top albums of 1975 (101 - 200) | 28/44 | - |
| 2025 |  flamingyesdept | Todd Rundgren's Albums Ranked | 9/12 | - |
| 2024 | Johnnyo | Pennsylvania | 33/34 | - |
| 2024 | flamingyesdept | Top 55 Music Albums of 1975 | 36/55 | 2 |
| 2022 | JamesMowbray | Top 100 Music Albums of 1975 | 79/100 | 1 |
| 2018 |  discojets1 | Todd Rundgren | 4/22 | - |
| 2018 | niagara1971 | Top 40 Greatest Music Albums | 3/40 | 20 |
| 2018 | stirrer243 | Top 40 Greatest Music Albums | 24/40 | 9 |
| 2016 | iancrockert141 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1975 | 70/100 | 2 |
| 1975 | OOR | Jaarlijst Oor 1975 | 59/100 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 15 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 44 | |||
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Initiation ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 01/07/2026 15:05 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,469 | 70/100 |
| ! | 12/06/2025 22:44 | AAL2014 | 4,184 | 75/100 |
| ! | 05/01/2024 08:54 | flamingyesdept | 2,944 | 77/100 |
| ! | 03/26/2023 20:03 | MW19704U | 6,988 | 59/100 |
| ! | 03/24/2023 06:52 |  Igtonumama | 10,784 | 63/100 |
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album has a Bayesian average rating of 68.0/100, a mean average of 66.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 66.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.6.
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High: 4
Neutral: 6
Low: 2, 3
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