Einstein On The Beach (studio album)
by Philip Glass Ensemble

Einstein On The Beach by Philip Glass Ensemble
Year: 1979
Overall rank: 2,708th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 82 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1979 (50th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (493rd)
Award Best albums of all time (2,708th)

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Philip Glass Ensemble bestography

Einstein On The Beach is ranked 3rd best out of 39 albums by Philip Glass on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Philip Glass is Glassworks which is ranked number 1673 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,015.

Philip Glass Ensemble album bestography « Higher ranked (1,948th)
Koyaanisqatsi
This album (2,708th)
Einstein On The Beach
Lower ranked (7,643rd) »
Solo Piano

(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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Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 82 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 6% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.8/100, a mean average of 75.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.0.

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This is between Pop and Classical! Compare with: Depeche Mode on Black Celebration "It doesnt matter"
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