Persian Surgery Dervishes
by Terry Riley
Listen & Collect
Complete your collection or upgrade your listening experience.
Terry Riley bestography
Persian Surgery Dervishes is ranked 3rd best out of 14 albums by Terry Riley on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Terry Riley is A Rainbow In Curved Air which is ranked number 2046 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 822.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
Listen to Persian Surgery Dervishes on YouTube
Persian Surgery Dervishes track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Persian Surgery Dervishes 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 | Skerns | Top 94 Music Albums of 1972 | 89/94 | 0 |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Top 100 Music Albums of 1972 | 83/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  sssvnnn | Top 100 Music Albums of 1972 | 91/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Amirkhosro | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 75/100 | 26 |
| 2026 |  Hayden | Top 100 Music Albums of 1972 | 99/100 | 0 |
| 2026 |  Patman360 | Top 97 Music Albums of 1972 | 88/97 | 1 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 1972 | 99/100 | 0 |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | Greatest albums of 1972 by Ultimate Record Collector | 26/51 | - |
| 2025 |  Jameth | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 58/100 | 36 |
| 2025 |  Leonard | Top 100 Music Albums of 1972 | 26/100 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 30 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 198 | |||
Persian Surgery Dervishes collection
Showing all 8 members who have this album in their collection
Persian Surgery Dervishes ratings
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AVwhere:
av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating.
Showing latest 3 ratings for this album. | Show all 34 ratings for this album.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 02/06/2026 03:01 | Proto | 4,304 | 33/100 |
| ! | 12/09/2025 19:21 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,679 | 70/100 |
| ! | 11/23/2025 07:30 | NYAndreas | 1,433 | 44/100 |
Rating metrics:
Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album is rated in the top 16% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.0/100, a mean average of 72.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 20.6.
Persian Surgery Dervishes favourites
Showing all 2 members who have added this album as a favourite
Persian Surgery Dervishes forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 09/10/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5431): By Amirkhosro
Cytoma 02/21/2022 17:55 in What album are you listening to right now? Hayden 02/29/2020 04:35 in You must listen to the album below you: canon editionPersian Surgery Dervishes comments
Top Comments First | Newest First | Positive Sentiment First | Longest Comments First
(Showing comments with any number of votes. Manage Profile)
Shame that the limits of vinyl meant there is a fade in/out between each of the 2 performances. It does diminish the natural progress of the music. Recording quality really poor, no better on CD than the original vinyl. Still def. worth buying
RoundTheBend TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/04/2018 18:16 | #217754 | TOP COMMENT
Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
I want to like this more, but not enough dynamic, and it's to busy to get lost in it like a drone (for me).
The top-voted comments get featured on our charts, Album of the Day, and the site newsletter.
