Virgins
by Tim Hecker
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Virgins is ranked as the best album by Tim Hecker.
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Virgins track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/01/2026 18:23 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,389 | 70/100 |
| ! | 04/29/2026 01:49 | oilnoilnoilnoil | 272 | 78/100 |
| ! | 04/14/2026 19:57 |  Leonard | 6,624 | 70/100 |
| ! | 01/19/2026 05:35 | subnam | 158 | 21/100 |
| ! | 01/15/2026 00:44 | This_is_handsome | 769 | 79/100 |
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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 77.4/100, 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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Fantastic. Beautiful album. Perhaps Hecker's best.
One of my favorite albums of all time
VERY nice ambient album :)
SquishypuffDave 10/22/2013 09:18 | #88872 | TOP COMMENT
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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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