Sextet / Six Marimbas (studio album)
by Steve Reich
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Steve Reich bestography
Sextet / Six Marimbas is ranked 4th best out of 29 albums by Steve Reich on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Steve Reich is Music For 18 Musicians which is ranked number 545 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,173.
(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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Sextet / Six Marimbas track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Sextet / Six Marimbas rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Skerns | Top 77 Music Albums of 1986 | 32/77 | 3 |
| 2025 |  sssvnnn | Top 80 Music Albums of 1986 | 13/80 | 4 |
| 2025 |  Hayden | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 53/100 | 10 |
| 2025 | Hayden | Top 50 Music Albums of 1986 | 2/50 | 5 |
| 2025 |  Leonard | Top 99 Music Albums of 1986 | 73/99 | 1 |
| 2024 |  cestuneblague | Top 100 Music Albums of 1986 | 23/100 | 4 |
| 2024 | Godspeedyou | Top 77 Greatest Music Albums | 22/77 | 61 |
| 2022 | sssvnnn | minimal music | 16/100 | - |
| 2021 |  NickVolos | Top 100 Music Albums of 1986 | 11/100 | 5 |
| 2021 |  Skinny | My record collection (Q-T) | 6/72 | - |
| 2018 |  NowhereMan | Genres Ranked - Ambient//Instrumental//Jazz//Minimalism//Electro | 80/100 | - |
| 2018 | NowhereMan | Steve Reich: RANKED | 5/7 | - |
| 2017 |  bertrandu | Top 100 Music Albums of 1986 | 45/100 | 3 |
| 2016 | Coconut | Top 100 Music Albums of 1986 | 41/100 | 3 |
| 2015 | Skinny | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 51/100 | 10 |
| 2015 |  Applerill | Top 25 Music Albums of 1986 | 6/25 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 16 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 112 | |||
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Sextet / Six Marimbas ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/18/2025 15:30 | Hayden | 7,372 | 72/100 |
| ! | 08/18/2025 08:52 | RemainInLight | 3,143 | 36/100 |
| ! | 04/03/2025 10:54 |  Tamthebam | 22,845 | 69/100 |
| ! | 07/10/2024 07:37 | TonySayers61 | 23,087 | 64/100 |
| ! | 06/18/2024 03:43 | cestuneblague | 7,970 | 80/100 |
Rating metrics:
Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
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 76.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.0.
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