Escalator
by Sam Gopal

Escalator by Sam Gopal
Year: 1969
Overall rank: 26,485th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 19 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1969 (302nd)
Award Top albums of of the 1960s (1,601st)
Award Best albums of all time (26,485th)

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Overall rank: 26,485th | 1960s rank: 1,601st | 1969 rank: 302nd
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2026OlliTop 100 Music Albums of 196989/1001
2025dukeboxkoolTop 100 Music Albums of 196987/1001
2025JunomoogmelloTop 18 Music Albums of 196917/181
2025Junomoogmello200 Mind Expanding Psychedelic Albums Pt171/100 -
2025TodFitzTop 100 Music Albums of 196926/1004
2024Steppenwolf666Pt7 Most expensive records sold on Discogs website8/99 -
2023LosWochosDie 30 besten psychedelic Alben by Musikexpress.de (2013)20/30 -
2023Steppenwolf666Top 100 Music Albums of 196921/1004
2023Steppenwolf666Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s53/10010
2022borninhockeytownTop 35 Music Albums of 196929/351
2022Steppenwolf666One album wonders23/100 -
2020Steppenwolf666My Rarest Vinyl Albums32/100 -
2020panapsal100 Extremely Rare, Valuable and Collectible37/100 -
2020 NickVolosLost Treasures / Unknown Pleasures75/100 -
2020Steppenwolf666UK obscure psych/Prog/Folk/Rock masterpieces30/100 -
2019panapsalTop 100 Music Albums of 196936/1003
2019borninhockeytownTop 99 Music Albums of the 1960s58/998
2019Steppenwolf666Tapestry of Delights contributors top 100 UK lps (1963-76).46/100 -
2018ImaybeparanoidTop 100 Music Albums of 196976/1001
2016 NickVolosAlbums That I Added to BEA (partial list)95/99 -
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 23
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 35
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Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 19 votes)
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05/04/2026 12:15 Olli  Ratings distribution  7,37062/100
 
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04/17/2026 12:20 sssvnnn  Ratings distribution  8,41067/100
 
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12/08/2023 08:06 TonySayers61  Ratings distribution  24,89364/100
 
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08/06/2023 03:32 daCritic  Ratings distribution  4,55973/100
 
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06/08/2023 18:07 MickLord  Ratings distribution  3,96770/100

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This album is rated in the top 7% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.4/100, a mean average of 77.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.8.

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From 02/11/2021 21:31 | #266187
Hard to believe that the lead 'singer' and bass player for Motorhead started life here playing guitar and 'actually singing'! Going under the name of Steve Willis, the vicars son!!! put in a good performance with Sam Gopal prior to joining Hawkwind. This is actually quite an interesting psychedelic album, worth a shout.
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From 01/05/2019 02:24 | #228965
Lemmy's first masterpiece.
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