Soundtracks
by Can
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Soundtracks is ranked 5th best out of 33 albums by Can on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Can is Tago Mago which is ranked number 156 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 8,768.
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Soundtracks track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Soundtracks rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 1970 | 75/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | martintho | Top 87 Music Albums of 1970 | 73/87 | 1 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1970 | 62/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1970 | 28/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | Cheboygan74 | Top 11 Music Albums of 1970 | 1/11 | 5 |
| 2026 | saltysurprise | Top 54 Music Albums of 1970 | 38/54 | 2 |
| 2026 | OFarrio | Top 27 Music Albums of 1970 | 24/27 | 1 |
| 2026 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 1970 | 76/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | Cheboygan74 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 15/100 | 17 |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 84/100 | 17 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 99 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 288 | |||
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Soundtracks ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/15/2026 19:47 | ecocruzr | 237 | 69/100 |
| ! | 04/03/2026 06:35 | Olli | 7,932 | 62/100 |
| ! | 01/01/2026 05:56 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,023 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.4/100, a mean average of 76.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.1.
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Soundtracks forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 09/08/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5429): By Steppenwolf666
teague 09/01/2021 19:00 in What album are you listening to right now?Soundtracks comments
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Not their best recordings but a decent stepping stone to their great period to come. It's not a real album, more a compilation, and that's why it's a little uneven. Still good but not quite the greatness of their next handful of releases. (Edited)
Amirkhosro 10/15/2016 11:25 | #176917 | TOP COMMENT
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Mother Sky is the key track here, and you shouldn't miss it if you like Can's next three albums. Sometimes I think it's the best Can track EVER.
teague TOP 100 COMMENTER 09/01/2021 19:29 | #273173 | TOP COMMENT
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Mother Sky is fantastic. This is definitely a turning point for them, from being a good band to a behemoth of music. (Edited)
A step down from their great debut, this album feels like a bit of a mixed bag, but it's still a very good piece of work. Even when the album feels a bit conflicted and incohesive, brilliant tracks like "Mother Sky" take centre-stage and thoroughly impress the listener.
With new frontman Damo Suzuki, the band were about to create brilliant works of art, and that glowing track "Mother Sky" was only a taste of what was coming.
A transitional album from the Malcolm Mooney era to the Damo Suzuki era, and a pretty underrated album in the group's discography. Even if I can't stand "Soul Desert", the rest is perfect and Suzuki slips perfectly into the singer role from day 1. Of course not as good as the three classic albums that were to follow, but better than their debut, Monster Movie.
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