Music From The Penguin Cafe
by Penguin Cafe Orchestra
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Penguin Cafe Orchestra bestography
Music From The Penguin Cafe is ranked as the best album by Penguin Cafe Orchestra.
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Music From The Penguin Cafe track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Music From The Penguin Cafe rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 27 minutes ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  arthurbittencourt | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 98/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | daCritic | Top 32 Music Albums of 1976 | 17/32 | 3 |
| 2026 | Hyggevinyl | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 56/100 | 9 |
| 2026 | Elauqsapid | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 15/100 | 17 |
| 2026 |  Kalos | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 69/100 | 6 |
| 2026 |  Helios | Top 70 Music Albums of 1976 | 3/70 | 5 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 1976 | 92/100 | 0 |
| 2026 | TroutMaskGreg | Top 23 Music Albums of 1976 | 23/23 | 0 |
| 2026 |  sssvnnn | Top 100 Music Albums of 1976 | 22/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  DommeDamian | Top 12 Music Albums of 1976 | 3/12 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 96 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 425 | |||
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Music From The Penguin Cafe ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/09/2026 16:46 |  HoldenM | 1,914 | 84/100 |
| ! | 03/31/2026 06:42 | Pincho691 | 2 | 35/100 |
| ! | 12/27/2025 02:13 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,814 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 12% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.4/100, a mean average of 73.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.9.
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Music From The Penguin Cafe forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 08/14/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5404): By pctrooperView latest topic →
Jboy56 12/19/2021 13:29 in What album are you listening to right now?Music From The Penguin Cafe comments
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The austere and elegant chamber music of Penguin Cafe Orchestra is steeped in Renaissance and Baroque traditions combining elements of folk and cabaret. Exotic arrangements consisting of delicate and languid laments create feelings of nostalgic longing. This is the ensembles best and most experimental work.
sssvnnn 09/30/2013 21:06 | #87270 | TOP COMMENT
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"The Sound of Someone You Love Who's Going Away and It Doesn't Matter"............
Isn´t this one of the most beautiful titles ever? (Edited)
HazeyTwilight TOP 100 COMMENTER 09/06/2013 21:26 | #85345 | TOP COMMENT
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Truly beautiful sounds. If you cut out the Zopf Suite and place that on a separate EP and just left the four tracks as they are, I can guarantee you that this would be recognised and would be ranked higher. But now, here rests this unappreciated gem.
This is definitely my favorite Penguin Café Orchestra album. They are just so weird and charming here. The sound of someone..... oh my goodness what a mouthful of a title, but it's a really beautiful song. I also love the first track!
instrumental orchestration of plucky almost childlike tunes
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