Breaking Atoms (studio album)
by Main Source

Breaking Atoms by Main Source
Year: 1991
Overall rank: 5,156th   
Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 75 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1991 (71st)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (857th)
Award Best albums of all time (5,156th)

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Breaking Atoms track list

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Breaking Atoms rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 5,156th | 1990s rank: 857th | 1991 rank: 71st

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Breaking Atoms ratings

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79/100 (from 75 votes)
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11/24/2025 05:37 Exist-en-ciel   4,26970/100
 
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.8/100, a mean average of 79.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.9.

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85/100
From 04/01/2021 00:02 | #268036
What a classic... beats are ahead of their time.
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From 08/12/2014 18:29 | #119328
Not heard in a while and got on now. Going to have to up the rating. Had most of the tracks taped from John peel, the best place to hear hip hop.
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From 03/23/2014 23:30 | #107339
Put simply, this is hip-hop of the highest order.
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