Michael Schenker Group
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Michael Schenker Group by Michael Schenker Group
Year: 1980
Overall rank: 20,692nd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 31 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1980 (278th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (2,702nd)
Award Best albums of all time (20,692nd)

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Michael Schenker Group bestography

The best album by Michael Schenker is Michael Schenker Group which is ranked number 20692 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 49.

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Overall rank: 20,692nd | 1980s rank: 2,702nd | 1980 rank: 278th

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Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 31 votes)
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02/08/2026 23:42 UofTBlues  Ratings distribution  3,63071/100
 
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09/19/2024 08:51 jeremy9  Ratings distribution  3,67570/100
 
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09/13/2024 03:09 dhbarrett  Ratings distribution  8,37565/100
 
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03/27/2024 21:45 saltysurprise  Ratings distribution  2,94283/100
 
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06/27/2023 16:14 Pluto11  Ratings distribution  12,10672/100

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This album is rated in the top 11% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.7/100, a mean average of 73.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.2.

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From 10/05/2019 06:55 | #243409
The quality of musicianship on this album blew me away on first listen. Not just the guitar soloing but also the driving rhythms provided by Simon Phillips and excellent keyboard contribution from Don Airey. There are hard rockin elements and quieter more melodic tracks which provide an overall balanced enjoyable listening experience. The choice of vocalist was a good one also as Bardens fits really well with the overall sound provided by the others. Great album!
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From 04/17/2016 03:24 | #163963
A good but not a great record. Simon Phillip's tour de force on Lost Horizons together with Into The Arena are worth the price of admission on their own. Interesting how a UFO instrumental (Arbory Hill I think) becomes a fully blown song. Better was to come!
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From 11/16/2012 08:11 | #55159
Oh Michael.. why are you such an underrated guitar player? You have been one of my greatest musical inspirations and this is one of the many albums that shows why. Solo at the end of Lost Horizons is mind-blowing.
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