The Disintegration Loops (compilation album)
by William Basinski

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The Disintegration Loops by William Basinski
(Compilation album)
Year: 2012
Release date: 2012-11-13
Overall rank: 2,322nd   
Average Rating: 
81/100 (from 119 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2012 (34th)
Award Top albums of the 2010s (376th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,322nd)

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William Basinski bestography

The Disintegration Loops is ranked 2nd best out of 21 albums by William Basinski on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by William Basinski is The Disintegration Loops I which is ranked number 1565 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,084.

William Basinski album bestography « Higher ranked (1,565th)
The Disintegration Loops I This album (2,322nd)
The Disintegration Loops Lower ranked (5,701st) »
The Disintegration Loops II

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The Disintegration Loops track list

   The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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dlp 1.1
Average Rating: 86 (22 votes)Comments: View 0
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dlp 2.1
Average Rating: 80 (13 votes)Comments: View 2
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dlp 2.2
Average Rating: 79 (10 votes)Comments: View 0
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dlp 3
Average Rating: 84 (13 votes)Comments: View 0
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dlp 4
Average Rating: 79 (11 votes)Comments: View 1
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dlp 5
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dlp 6
Average Rating: 82 (9 votes)Comments: View 0
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dlp 1.2
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dlp 1.3
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dlp 1.1 Live At The Metropolitan Museum Af Art, September 11, 2011
Average Rating: 78 (8 votes)Comments: View 0
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dlp 1.1 Live At The 54th Venice Biennale, 2011
Average Rating: 78 (7 votes)Comments: View 0
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The Disintegration Loops rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 2,322nd | 2010s rank: 376th | 2012 rank: 34th

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The Disintegration Loops ratings

Average Rating: 
81/100 (from 119 votes)
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 !		12/01/2025 00:40 MadhattanJack   5,39065/100
 
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 !		11/30/2025 16:36 Exist-en-ciel   4,15570/100
 
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 !		11/09/2025 14:14 Banner   4,90680/100
 
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 80.9/100, a mean average of 80.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.9.

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From 03/30/2016 00:10 | #162954
Listen it complete if you dare
It's not bull of heaven so you can finish it
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From 10/04/2015 14:29 | #150950
The two last tracks are hard to find without having to pay ... but are one of the precious things in the universe
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90/100
From 05/21/2015 06:48 | #142125
Anyone who completes this deserves a medal. I guess what I'm really trying to say is that I deserve a medal for finishing this, though the experience of the album's glorious solemnity, and modest brilliance are reward enough. I look forward to future pilgrimages.
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75/100
From 05/20/2015 05:04 | #142023
There's something really affecting in this. May be overly repetitive for some but it's strangely sad hearing these loops falling apart before your very ears. Not to be overly Buddhist and pretentious, but it's a great reminder of impermanence.
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From 01/09/2014 00:09 | #100266
This is ranked below Avenged Sevenfold? That's stupid.
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