Solo Piano
by Philip Glass

Solo Piano by Philip Glass
Year: 1989
Overall rank: 7,876th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 45 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1989 (111th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (1,130th)
Award Best albums of all time (7,876th)

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Philip Glass bestography

Solo Piano is ranked 4th best out of 41 albums by Philip Glass on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Philip Glass is Glassworks which is ranked number 1730 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 976.

Philip Glass album bestography « Higher ranked (2,715th)
Einstein On The Beach
This album (7,876th)
Solo Piano
Lower ranked (11,541st) »
Mishima

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Rankings summary
Overall rank: 7,876th | 1980s rank: 1,130th | 1989 rank: 111th
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2026 LeonardTop 100 Music Albums of 198966/1002
2026pjerskeTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s88/1003
2026 MadhattanJackTop 72 Music Albums of 198966/720
2025 AwaitingAndrewTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s69/1006
2025WeepingguitarmanTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s42/10012
2025 RepoTop 100 Music Albums of 198963/1002
2024 ArthurknightTop 100 Music Albums of 198982/1001
2024 ssteveTop 26 Music Albums of 198910/263
2024GodspeedyouTop 77 Greatest Music Albums44/7736
2024LosWochosTop 100 Music Albums of 198969/1002
2024 meccaleccaTop 65 Music Albums of 198933/653
2023 GlitterboiiiTop 50 Music Albums of 198918/503
2021Steppenwolf666Top 100 Music Albums of 198996/1000
2021 greatsonTop 39 Music Albums of 19892/395
2021 AwaitingAndrewTop 10 Music Albums of 19896/103
2020emptysquaresTop 30 Music Albums of 198912/303
2020 desh79Top 100 Music Albums of 198927/1004
2019 jdenny2018Top 42 Music Albums of the 1980s10/4216
2019GodspeedyouTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s12/10018
2018MohacoolTop 26 Greatest Music Albums13/2613
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 23
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 159
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79/100 (from 45 votes)
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11/28/2025 20:36 Kingturtle  Ratings distribution  7,57973/100
 
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10/12/2025 07:03 MadhattanJack  Ratings distribution  5,72166/100
 
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11/02/2023 08:48 MetalMan67  Ratings distribution  6,00871/100

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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.7/100, a mean average of 79.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.3.

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