Tape Recorder Music
by Otto Luening / Vladimir Ussachevsky
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Otto Luening / Vladimir Ussachevsky bestography
Tape Recorder Music is ranked as the best album by Otto Luening / Vladimir Ussachevsky.
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Tape Recorder Music track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Tape Recorder Music rankings
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  MadhattanJack | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s | 81/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | Olli | Top 69 Music Albums of 1955 | 69/69 | 0 |
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 70 Music Albums of the 1950s | 12/70 | 17 |
| 2026 |  Hayden | Top 50 Music Albums of 1955 | 23/50 | 3 |
| 2026 | thekrauter | Top 34 Music Albums of the 1950s | 34/34 | 1 |
| 2025 |  Igtonumama | Top 100 Music Albums of 1955 | 86/100 | 1 |
| 2025 |  KitchenSink | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s | 7/100 | 19 |
| 2023 |  Helios | Top 20 Music Albums of 1955 | 18/20 | 1 |
| 2022 | markc19 | Best Album of 1955 | 1/1 | 5 |
| 2022 | markc19 | Top 3 Music Albums of the 1950s | 3/3 | 7 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 18 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 112 | |||
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Tape Recorder Music ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 08/31/2026 19:27 | Olli | 7,932 | 62/100 |
| ! | 06/15/2026 09:52 | duelek | 2,153 | 75/100 |
| ! | 12/22/2025 17:47 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,690 | 70/100 |
Rating metrics:
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album has a Bayesian average rating of 68.1/100, a mean average of 62.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 65.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.9.
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