Reality
by Second Hand

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Reality by Second Hand
Year: 1968
Overall rank: 18,220th   

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70/100 (from 12 votes)

     

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Top albums of 1968 (219th)

Top albums of the 1960s (1,201st)

Best albums of all time (18,220th)

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Second Hand bestography

Reality is ranked 2nd best out of 2 albums by Second Hand on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Second Hand is Death May Be Your Santa Claus which is ranked number 13255 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 87.

(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).

Upcoming concerts

Jan

14

Wed

19:00

Magic Bag Presents: Austra with Dominant Hand

The Magic Bag, Ferndale, United States.

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Jan

23

Fri

18:00

Gus G, Ronnie Romero, Dimitry & Laurent, Karim K, Dead Man's Hand, A Good Rogering, Lord Marz, Fallen Prey

Whisky A Go Go, West Hollywood, United States.

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Jan

30

Fri

19:30

Jack Riedy and The Dealbreakers w/ Kicked By A Hand,

Cubby Bear, Chicago, United States.

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Year	Source	Chart	Rank	Rank Score
2026	RockyRaccoon	Top 100 Music Albums of 1968	69/100	2
2026	RockyRaccoon	Early Psychedelic Rock Pt. 2	24/100	-
2025	Steppenwolf666	Top 100 Music Albums of 1968	5/100	5
2025	Steppenwolf666	Top 100 Greatest Music Albums	65/100	35
2023	Steppenwolf666	Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s	12/100	18
2020	Steppenwolf666	My Rarest Vinyl Albums	83/100	-
2020	Steppenwolf666	Albums containing the best tracks ever	26/100	-
2020	Steppenwolf666	UK obscure psych/Prog/Folk/Rock masterpieces	73/100	-
2019	Steppenwolf666	Great debut albums	17/100	-
2019	Steppenwolf666	Tapestry of Delights contributors top 100 UK lps (1963-76).	82/100	-
		Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in.		10
		Total Rank Score: The total rank score.		59

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Rating	Date updated	Member	Album ratings	Avg. album rating
85/100  !	01/05/2026 21:40	RockyRaccoon	6,750	84/100
80/100  !	09/02/2025 23:46	BorderFreeAndrew	14,572	74/100
65/100  !	06/28/2024 04:02	HotZappsBoogaloo	1,257	84/100
60/100  !	06/22/2023 19:41	TonySayers61	23,354	64/100
70/100  !	08/09/2020 19:06	TonyF12345	3,408	76/100

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 has a Bayesian average rating of 69.9/100, a mean average of 67.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 67.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.5.

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45/100

From sssvnnn 09/09/2019 20:36 | #242405

Very interesting album.
Maybe it´s one of the first Progressive Rock albums as Steppenwolf wrote.
It has power, dynamik, creativity, ideas....
I just don´t like the tunes so much.
To be honest: I don´t like the voice either.
And the sound: Well the sound is annoying, I don´t like the sound as well.

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100/100

From Steppenwolf666 06/29/2015 10:58 | #144779

One of the earliest prog albums and one of the best. Mainliner and Reality are utter classics.

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