Moondawn
by Klaus Schulze

Moondawn by Klaus Schulze
Year: 1976
Overall rank: 8,296th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 59 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1976 (108th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (1,220th)
Award Best albums of all time (8,296th)

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Klaus Schulze bestography

Moondawn is ranked 6th best out of 74 albums by Klaus Schulze on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Klaus Schulze is Irrlicht which is ranked number 2087 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 799.

Klaus Schulze album bestography « Higher ranked (6,650th)
Cyborg
This album (8,296th)
Moondawn
Lower ranked (10,350th) »
Dune

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 8,296th | 1970s rank: 1,220th | 1976 rank: 108th

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Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 59 votes)
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90/100
 
05/11/2026 04:57 emnasut  Ratings distribution  15387/100
 
65/100
 
03/23/2026 03:01 Helios  Ratings distribution  6,12670/100
 
80/100
 
02/23/2026 10:57 davidhuret  Ratings distribution  2,06776/100
 
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01/08/2026 05:42 Leschoses  Ratings distribution  10085/100
 
75/100
 
01/02/2026 15:58 platus  Ratings distribution  5,85274/100

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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 77.2/100, a mean average of 77.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.8.

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From 04/12/2019 15:59 | #234850
This is what I would dare call the classic "Schulze". Very repetitive, analog but supportive drums, long drawn-out chords on the synthesizer that unfortunately beg a little too often for variation (playing a different note really causes a kind of relief). The sound of the synthesizer effects is very good. Unfortunately, that cannot be said of the sounds with which the solos are played. I'm not sure if it's a Moog, and if it's one, the sound could be a whole lot better. Here and there, the notes played by the sequencer are a bit too repetitive and close to boring. Running them through a variety of moog filters is not really helping. All in all this is a good and “classic” records.
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