I Robot
by The Alan Parsons Project
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The Alan Parsons Project bestography
I Robot is ranked as the best album by The Alan Parsons Project.
(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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I Robot track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
I Robot rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Rm12398 | Top 40 Music Albums of 1977 | 19/40 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Helios | Top 60 Music Albums of 1977 | 26/60 | 3 |
| 2026 | mrmcrook | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 99/100 | 0 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 69 Music Albums of 1977 | 58/69 | 1 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 100 Music Albums of 1977 | 11/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Concept albums | 32/35 | - |
| 2026 |  HelsinkiSnorkel | Top 89 Music Albums of the 1970s | 70/89 | 4 |
| 2026 | leniad | Top 101-200 Greatest 1970s Albums | 18/73 | - |
| 2026 | stangetzaway | Top 48 Music Albums of 1977 | 16/48 | 3 |
| 2026 | MrOlan | Top 17 Music Albums of 1977 | 11/17 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 206 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,059 | |||
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I Robot ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/17/2026 10:02 |  Liedzeit | 2,516 | 74/100 |
| ! | 07/11/2026 21:41 |  EyeKanFly | 8,848 | 65/100 |
| ! | 07/03/2026 00:04 |  serpico | 907 | 85/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 79.2/100, a mean average of 78.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.8.
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Forum mentions
Liedzeit 08/17/2026 09:27 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
BestEverAlbums 08/17/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5407): By CharadeI Robot comments
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groovy (Edited)
Great piece of work. Love the added haunting backing vocals on some tracks. There's parts of this that have shades of and remind me of Alice Cooper's grandiose sound that was on the 'Welcome to my Nightmare' & 'Goes to Hell' albums, both made around the same time as this. But this is way more synth & effects driven rather than rock. Front half being way better. I really like it. (Edited)
Squonk007 02/10/2024 18:06 | #301888
There are some very good moments on here. The best track is Day After Day and some of the instrumental pieces are excellent. (Edited)
It is odd that Alan Parsons Project rarely appears in Progressive music charts. This album can equally rival some of the Prog heavyweights. Let's not forget, this guy was instrumental in helping shape that Pink Floyd Prog sound. 'I wouldn't want to be like you' is a personal favourite. (Edited)
It’s epic! ??
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