Death Walks Behind You
by Atomic Rooster

Death Walks Behind You by Atomic Rooster
Year: 1970
Overall rank: 7,039th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 79 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1970 (115th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (1,070th)
Award Best albums of all time (7,039th)

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Death Walks Behind You is ranked as the best album by Atomic Rooster.

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Overall rank: 7,039th | 1970s rank: 1,070th | 1970 rank: 115th

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75/100 (from 79 votes)
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05/19/2026 03:19 adbrack1988  Ratings distribution  1,09883/100
 
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04/14/2026 19:28 Olli  Ratings distribution  7,27962/100
 
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01/05/2026 13:10 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  11,38870/100
 
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12/28/2025 18:22 Adhura  Ratings distribution  1,67177/100
 
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07/10/2025 23:06 MetalMan67  Ratings distribution  6,11171/100

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This album is rated in the top 8% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.1/100, a mean average of 75.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.8.

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From 02/03/2022 15:52 | #280555
Would have deserved a better fortune: easily competitive with Black Sabbath, Deep Purple and Uriah Heep.
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From 10/09/2021 17:39 | #274823
Superb progressive album. The opening track into would have so suited the Black Sabbath debut with the chilling piano. Excellent sleeve design as with post progressive masterpieces.
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