Virgins
by Tim Hecker

Virgins by Tim Hecker
Year: 2013
Release date: 2013-10-14
Overall rank: 1,275th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 208 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2013 (23rd)
Award Top albums of the 2010s (190th)
Award Best albums of all time (1,275th)

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Virgins is ranked as the best album by Tim Hecker.

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 1,275th | 2010s rank: 190th | 2013 rank: 23rd

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Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 208 votes)
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04/29/2026 01:49 oilnoilnoilnoil  Ratings distribution  26977/100
 
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04/14/2026 19:57 Leonard  Ratings distribution  6,59270/100
 
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.3/100, a mean average of 76.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.0.

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From 03/19/2014 20:31 | #106884
Fantastic. Beautiful album. Perhaps Hecker's best.
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From 01/04/2014 22:34 | #99830
One of my favorite albums of all time
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From 11/06/2013 02:11 | #90923
VERY nice ambient album :)
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From 10/22/2013 09:18 | #88872
2013 is turning out to be an amazing year for electroacoustic albums. This is easily Tim Hecker's most dynamic, attention-grabbing work. Also possibly his best. Here, the melancholic stupor present in his other work gives rise to fear and desperation, with moments of refuge scattered throughout. It's like exploring a haunted labyrinth left behind by a lost civilisation. Tim Hecker's music has always had a ghostly quality, but the ghosts on this album sound particularly upset.
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