Thief
by Tangerine Dream
Tangerine Dream bestography
Thief is ranked 18th best out of 123 albums by Tangerine Dream on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Tangerine Dream is Phaedra which is ranked number 1195 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,453.
(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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Thief track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 74 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Thief rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Leonard | Top 100 Music Albums of 1981 | 38/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 85 Music Albums of 1981 | 73/85 | 1 |
| 2025 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 100 Music Albums of 1981 | 87/100 | 1 |
| 2025 | stangetzaway | Top 40 Music Albums of 1981 | 25/40 | 2 |
| 2025 |  Hayden | Top 95 Music Albums of 1981 | 95/95 | 0 |
| 2025 | Hyggevinyl | Top 38 Music Albums of 1981 | 13/38 | 3 |
| 2025 |  greatson | Top 49 Music Albums of 1981 | 33/49 | 2 |
| 2023 |  EyeKanFly | #901-1000 Overall | 90/100 | - |
| 2022 |  vengefulwill | Top 10 Music Albums of 1981 | 4/10 | 4 |
| 2021 |  Goliath | Top 14 Music Albums of 1981 | 12/14 | 1 |
| 2020 | TheKing | Top 30 Music Albums of 1981 | 3/30 | 5 |
| 2019 |  Robert Anton Wilson | Top 25 Music Albums of 1981 | 12/25 | 3 |
| 2018 |  bobbyb5 | Soundtracks | 7/94 | - |
| 2017 |  mozzmozz | Top 12 Music Albums of 1981 | 8/12 | 2 |
| 2017 |  Kaiser | Top 30 Music Albums of 1981 | 17/30 | 2 |
| 2017 |  bertrandu | *All Time* Progressive Electronic | 60/100 | - |
| 2017 |  JoSt | Top 80 Music Albums of 1981 | 17/80 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 17 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 32 | |||
Thief collection
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Thief ratings
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AVwhere:
av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating.
Showing latest 5 ratings for this album. | Show all 36 ratings for this album.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05/14/2025 08:39 | stangetzaway | 2,209 | 84/100 | |
| 05/19/2024 16:34 | TonySayers61 | 23,763 | 64/100 | |
| 06/14/2023 22:37 | BorderFreeAndrew | 14,882 | 74/100 | |
| 04/19/2023 02:40 | MovilloMatias | 37 | 85/100 | |
| 02/19/2023 07:52 | RVRO | 525 | 69/100 |
Rating metrics:
Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.6/100, a mean average of 70.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.0.
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Starts slow, and then it turns into a full Tangerine Dream synth sound. They basically created this sound for films first in the Sorcerer Soundtrack, but they perfected it here in tracks like Burning Bar, Igneous and Diamond Diary. Unfortunately not all tracks are up to the standard of these two, but still a nice album.
Goliath 01/04/2019 13:24 | #228864
Run of the mill stuff, suits a film soundtrack.
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