Third Ear Band
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Third Ear Band is ranked as the best album by Third Ear Band.
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Third Ear Band track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Third Ear Band rankings summary
Overall rank: 3,392nd | 1970s rank: 577th | 1970 rank: 62nd Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
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| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1970 | 36/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | martintho | Top 87 Music Albums of 1970 | 82/87 | 0 |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Top 100 Music Albums of 1970 | 49/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  DommeDamian | Scaruffi Best Albums of 1970 | 3/67 | - |
| 2026 |  Applerill | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 77/100 | 24 |
| 2026 | mianfei | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 36/100 | 60 |
| 2026 | DommeDamian | Top 36 Music Albums of 1970 | 24/36 | 2 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 84 Music Albums of 1970 | 19/84 | 4 |
| 2026 |  arthurbittencourt | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 72/100 | 6 |
| 2026 | Applerill | Top 49 Music Albums of the 1970s | 8/49 | 17 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 62 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 443 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 01/06/2026 00:58 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,986 | 70/100 |
| ! | 12/04/2025 18:31 | Carad30 | 12 | 87/100 |
| ! | 11/28/2025 15:44 | cicadelic | 14,087 | 73/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 10% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.7/100, a mean average of 75.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.1.
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Untitled TOP 100 COMMENTER 06/24/2022 10:54 | #286627 | TOP COMMENT
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This is an intriguing and unique listen with a fresh concept I have never heard before. They attempt to craft a musical recreation of the four elements and for the most part it works very well. It creates strong images and ideas in the listeners head and the way they use tempo to create the elements is fantastic. The harsher elements are a lot more frantic and wild and the softer ones are more delicate. The performances on the instruments are great and they bring a lot of life to the music. However, the instrumentation can feel a bit repetitive at times and by the end you do want them to mix it up a bit more. Also, I do think the songs are a little bit too elongated and most of what needs to be said has been done by the 5 minute mark. Overall, there are some fantastic ideas on here that are executed very well but they don't hold that for the full run time.
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SuedeSwede TOP 100 COMMENTER 02/01/2014 23:31 | #102019 | TOP COMMENT
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Really just isn't my cup of tea. I gave it a 60/100 because there were bits that had me intrigued, but quite a lot just made me distance myself from it and concentrate on something else.
The main thing that I liked about this is the portrayal of the four elements. Each song crafted each element very creatively, and for instrumentals had very strong imagery, which means this gets a 60 and not a 50.
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Dadeisok 01/10/2015 14:43 | #131216 | TOP COMMENT
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This is the band that adapted and introduced world music to western rock music, and this is their masterpiece: a 40 minutes dip into the deep psychedelic atmosphere of this four brilliant compositions.
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Goodsir 02/01/2014 17:58 | #102005 | TOP COMMENT
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A great world album. It gives me a clear vision of each "element". The album is a little too long, but I feel it's justified.
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Jboy56 08/28/2022 12:27 | #288978 | TOP COMMENT
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Jboy56 08/28/2022 12:27 | #288978 | TOP COMMENT
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Simply too dissonant and alienating music, not for me, sorry guys
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