The Silent Corner And The Empty Stage
by Peter Hammill
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The Silent Corner And The Empty Stage is ranked as the best album by Peter Hammill.
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The Silent Corner And The Empty Stage track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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The Silent Corner And The Empty Stage rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  sssvnnn | Top 100 Music Albums of 1974 | 20/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | dukeboxkool | Top 100 Music Albums of 1974 | 50/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 99 Music Albums of 1974 | 86/99 | 1 |
| 2026 | saltysurprise | Top 56 Music Albums of 1974 | 22/56 | 3 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 1974 | 78/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 83 Music Albums of 1974 | 37/83 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Robert Anton Wilson | Top 99 Music Albums of the 1970s | 86/99 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Patman360 | Top 97 Music Albums of 1974 | 90/97 | 0 |
| 2026 | TroutMaskGreg | Top 29 Music Albums of 1974 | 15/29 | 3 |
| 2026 | Robert Anton Wilson | Top 34 Music Albums of 1974 | 11/34 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 53 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 457 | |||
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The Silent Corner And The Empty Stage ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 05/10/2026 19:29 | emnasut | 153 | 87/100 |
| ! | 03/03/2026 15:25 |  RockyRaccoon | 7,212 | 84/100 |
| ! | 12/30/2025 01:50 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,619 | 70/100 |
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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 75.1/100, a mean average of 74.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.0.
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Forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 08/14/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5404): By pctrooper
Lachapelle 05/18/2019 23:10 in What album are you listening to right now?The Silent Corner And The Empty Stage comments
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IlMala 02/03/2022 15:59 | #280559 | TOP COMMENT
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The best from Peter Hammil dischography by far...
"A Louse is not a Home" may be my all time favorite song, or at least in the top 5. Peter Hammill really doesn't hold anything back here (He never does). Modern and Forsaken Gardens are also incredible. Really the whole album is. Everything is so meaningful here. (Edited)
In many ways, the most vdgg-like of Hammill's solo works. Modern and Louse could easily work with Pawn Hearts. Wilhelmina another example of his fine eye for a great lyric. A man at his songwriting peak. (Edited)
Robert Anton Wilson 08/20/2012 18:04 | #48898 | TOP COMMENT
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A good one among the early PH canon. This is only for proghead. Less of an aural attack than your typical VdGG album but similar in feel. (Edited)
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