Switched-On Bach
by Walter Carlos
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Walter Carlos bestography
The best album by Wendy Carlos is Switched-On Bach which is ranked number 11004 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 109.
(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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Switched-On Bach track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Switched-On Bach rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 84/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Top 34 Music Albums of 1968 | 32/34 | 0 |
| 2026 |  MadhattanJack | Top 53 Music Albums of 1968 | 36/53 | 2 |
| 2026 | joathome | Top 38 Music Albums of 1968 | 37/38 | 0 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 63 Music Albums of 1968 | 58/63 | 0 |
| 2026 | videoheadcleaner | Top 20 Music Albums of 1968 | 12/20 | 2 |
| 2026 | jdizzle123456 | Greatest Electronic Albums of All Time | 12/50 | - |
| 2026 |  Liedzeit | Top 22 Music Albums of 1968 | 15/22 | 2 |
| 2026 | Liedzeit | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 31/100 | 14 |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | Albums of the year 1968 by Acclaimed Music | 55/73 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 28 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 109 | |||
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Switched-On Bach ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 12/20/2025 10:00 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,887 | 70/100 |
| ! | 09/26/2025 04:20 | Purplepash | 5,001 | 75/100 |
| ! | 01/18/2025 09:49 | videoheadcleaner | 12,359 | 85/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 65.9/100, a mean average of 63.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 63.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 21.7.
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Switched-On Bach forum mentions
Purplepash 09/26/2025 04:31 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
neilgee 02/16/2020 16:37 in What album are you listening to right now?
Listmeister 10/19/2016 23:41 in Listmeister Listens - My Top 106: The FameSwitched-On Bach comments
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I bought this for a bit of fun really. When it comes to electronic music Tangerine Dream and JM Jarre are my mainstays. Considering the technology at the time and what was achieved with fairly limited equipment this is pretty clever stuff. To quote what Robert Moog contributed to the sleeve notes 'This album is the most stunning breakthrough in electronic music to date'. A bit 'plinky plonky' in execution but that is more down to the available timbres from the early Moog synthesizer. One side is enough in one helping and for me, side two is more accessible, forming a bridge to the more 'modern' music I tend to listen to. Possibly follow up with Black Sabbath to get back to reality! (Edited)
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