Discreet Music
by Brian Eno
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Brian Eno bestography
Discreet Music is ranked 7th best out of 51 albums by Brian Eno on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Brian Eno is Another Green World which is ranked number 204 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 7,388.
(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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Discreet Music track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Discreet Music rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 7 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | saltysurprise | Top 49 Music Albums of 1975 | 45/49 | 1 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1975 | 63/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | stangetzaway | Top 61 Music Albums of 1975 | 15/61 | 4 |
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 65 Music Albums of 1975 | 20/65 | 4 |
| 2026 |  bertrandu | Ambient 1958-2000 | 37/100 | - |
| 2026 | Repeater | Top 22 Greatest Music Albums | 14/22 | 41 |
| 2026 |  NowhereMan | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 76/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Top 100 Music Albums of 1975 | 26/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | AAL2014 | Brian Eno: So Far.. | 12/13 | - |
| 2026 |  Repo | Top 87 Music Albums of 1975 | 8/87 | 5 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 125 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 665 | |||
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Discreet Music ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 12/28/2025 10:20 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,591 | 70/100 |
| ! | 12/17/2025 02:52 | FrancK | 530 | 83/100 |
| ! | 10/13/2025 11:46 |  Tamthebam | 23,289 | 69/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.1/100, a mean average of 75.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.6.
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Jboy56 07/10/2023 12:53 | #298036
Moody Moods, tunnelmia viiikseen
teague 09/21/2021 22:46 | #274035 | TOP COMMENT
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That title track will ring out for centuries after the human race is but a distant memory. The next two tracks are fascinating, but the last one is a bit too dissonant for me. (Edited)
JulianR 02/27/2018 05:35 | #209728 | TOP COMMENT
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I'm usually pretty good with ambient and such, but I just find the title track, well, dull. The rest is pretty interesting neo-classical type stuff, but that opener is just the same motif repeated quite a bit. I'm ok if it's slow, but I need some progression. I felt like I hadn't gone anywhere in half an hour. And maybe that's the point, but it didn't really jive with me.
The title track is the perfect representation of the sound of a spaceship wandering slowly through the quiet empty space. (Edited)
An interesting album by Mr. Eno. Not to every ones taste but I like it.
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