Magic And Loss
by Lou Reed
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Lou Reed bestography
Magic And Loss is ranked 8th best out of 38 albums by Lou Reed on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Lou Reed is Transformer which is ranked number 146 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 9,217.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Magic And Loss track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Magic And Loss rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Norman Bates | Top 100 Music Albums of 1992 | 44/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  meccalecca | Top 100 Music Albums of 1992 | 94/100 | 0 |
| 2026 |  Romanelli | Top 86 Music Albums of 1992 | 25/86 | 4 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 1992 | 80/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Brandon8 | Lou Reed Top 10 Albums | 10/10 | - |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 90 Music Albums of 1992 | 30/90 | 3 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Classic rock albums of the year 1992 by Radio X | 1/25 | - |
| 2026 | Olli | Top 50 Music Albums of 1992 | 27/50 | 2 |
| 2026 |  ObsoleteEntity | Top 99 Music Albums of the 1990s | 57/99 | 9 |
| 2026 | Juneof44 | Top 50 Music Albums of 1992 | 12/50 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 93 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 325 | |||
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Magic And Loss ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/08/2026 22:07 | TroutMaskGreg | 1,839 | 69/100 |
| ! | 06/21/2026 17:22 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,315 | 70/100 |
| ! | 06/15/2026 07:25 | classicjoe | 507 | 78/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.2/100, a mean average of 71.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.4.
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Magic And Loss forum mentions
Romanelli 01/03/2026 01:39 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
dihansse 02/20/2025 21:02 in My discoveries per year Norman Bates 10/20/2022 07:52 in What album are you listening to right now?View all forum mentions
Magic And Loss comments
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Lou Reed is a brilliant storyteller. With his graphic depiction of what happens to the characters, you are immediately drawn in. You feel anger, sadness, disgust, helplessness and also dark humour as if you are living it. Lou is simply amazing. The music supports the tale, as it did in Songs for Drella. (Edited)
Brandon8 TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/10/2014 01:38 | #100322 | TOP COMMENT
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This album has breathtaking story telling but not something I can throw on without being in the right mood given the material. The only song that stands on its own is What’s Good. The rest must be listened to within the framework of the album.
Sandrof1969 02/11/2018 14:24 | #207617
Poesia pura; un album dove se non si riesce ad entrare appieno nella sostanza, la forma può risultare ostica. Omaggio funebre a due amici scomparsi per cancro, triste per forza di cose ma non piagnucoloso, non arrendevole o sconfitto, portatore di un dolore non esibito ma raccontato con sobrietà e sentito sotto tutti i punti di vista: dalla parte di chi sa che dovrà andarsene e da quella di chi rimarrà. Dolore e rabbia, speranza e rassegnazione, pianti intimi ed anche risate amare. E, alla fine, la "magia" pur devastante che simili esperienze lasciano in chi rimane. Un disco che parla di morte e che sa di vita.
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