The Disintegration Loops III (studio album)
by William Basinski

The Disintegration Loops III by William Basinski
Year: 2003
Overall rank: 5,822nd   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 52 votes)
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Award Top albums of 2003 (112th)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (1,009th)
Award Best albums of all time (5,822nd)

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William Basinski bestography

The Disintegration Loops III is ranked 4th 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 1551 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,095.

William Basinski album bestography « Higher ranked (5,678th)
The Disintegration Loops II
This album (5,822nd)
The Disintegration Loops III
Lower ranked (14,883rd) »
A Shadow In Time

(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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Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 52 votes)
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08/10/2025 12:07 TonySayers61  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 22,61564/100
 
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This album is rated in the top 16% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.2/100, a mean average of 74.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.5.

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From 03/04/2019 02:58
This is a record in which Basinki picks up two beautiful tape loops and plays them with a lush reverb until they completely desintegrate. That's an interesting and romantic concept. But musically is not totally interesting. In fact, the second "song" feels redundant because you already know what's going to happen.
I guess he just thought this was enough. It isn't.
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