Prelude
by Eumir Deodato
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Eumir Deodato bestography
Prelude is ranked as the best album by Eumir Deodato.
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Prelude track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Prelude rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  spigelwii | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 98/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 | 66/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 | 32/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | spigelwii | Top 15 Music Albums of 1973 | 14/15 | 1 |
| 2026 | blueandthemoon | Top 44 Music Albums of 1973 | 17/44 | 3 |
| 2025 | Steppenwolf666 | 1973 4TH 100 | 38/99 | - |
| 2025 | TodFitz | Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 | 75/100 | 1 |
| 2025 | thekrauter | Top 59 Music Albums of 1973 | 15/59 | 4 |
| 2024 |  pa | Top 45 Music Albums of 1972 | 34/45 | - |
| 2024 | thekrauter | Top 99 Music Albums of the 1970s | 71/99 | 6 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 19 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 40 | |||
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Prelude ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 02/20/2026 20:51 |  kAtAnArAn | 217 | 61/100 |
| ! | 01/02/2026 01:11 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,888 | 70/100 |
| ! | 05/10/2025 13:02 | spigelwii | 672 | 84/100 |
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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 74.9/100, a mean average of 75.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.6.
Prelude forum mentions
bobbyb5 07/03/2018 08:51 in What album are you listening to right now? bobbyb5 05/08/2018 05:31 in Jazz: Competition & DiscussionPrelude comments
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A very good record by Eumir, one of his most successful. Totally instrumental, with several great musicians (mainly Ron Carter, Stanley Clarke and Billy Cobham) collaborating. His version for "Also Sprach Zarathustra" is super funky and won a Grammy.
VictorVale 04/21/2019 12:27 | #235321
Uma pegada de jazz incrível! Melodias que brincam com o ouvido!
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