L'Heptade
by Harmonium

L'Heptade by Harmonium
Year: 1976
Overall rank: 2,943rd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 83 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1976 (46th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (527th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,943rd)

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Harmonium bestography

L'Heptade is ranked 2nd best out of 4 albums by Harmonium on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Harmonium is Les Cinq Saisons which is ranked number 1915 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 867.

Harmonium album bestography « Higher ranked (1,915th)
Les Cinq Saisons
This album (2,943rd)
L'Heptade
Lower ranked (4,734th) »
Harmonium

(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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L'Heptade rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 2,943rd | 1970s rank: 527th | 1976 rank: 46th

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L'Heptade ratings

Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 83 votes)
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02/06/2026 15:19 DSharx  Ratings distribution  639/100
 
85/100
 
12/07/2025 05:26 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  7,69370/100
 
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11/25/2025 10:59 Imaybeparanoid  Ratings distribution  7,34271/100
 
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07/05/2025 12:37 duelek  Ratings distribution  1,72976/100
 
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05/27/2025 14:14 cicadelic  Ratings distribution  12,03873/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.3/100, a mean average of 73.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.7.

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From 04/18/2021 19:33 | #268691
This is by far the best Harmonium album and the best Quebecois album in history. I'm clueless as why this is so underrated but l'heptade is a true masterpiece of the prog rock genre that can't be fairly appreciated after only one listen.
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95/100
From 04/11/2018 22:54 | #212709
Unfairly underrated.
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95/100
From 12/24/2017 12:54 | #203813
I have to say the more you listen to it, the better it gets.
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From 11/11/2017 13:01 | #201162
It is too long even for a prog rock album, and there are lights and shadows in here. But the good moments are just awesome.
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From 08/04/2016 17:58 | #172307
Second best progressive rock album after Les cinq saisons of Québec province and one of the best prog rock album ever made, in my opinion
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