The Penthouse Tapes
by The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
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The Sensational Alex Harvey Band bestography
The Penthouse Tapes is ranked 22nd best out of 28 albums by Alex Harvey on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Alex Harvey is Next which is ranked number 5426 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 254.
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The Penthouse Tapes track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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The Penthouse Tapes rankings summary
Overall rank: 70,057th | 1970s rank: 6,211th | 1976 rank: 619th 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 |
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| 2026 |  Liedzeit | Top 97 Music Albums of 1976 | 42/97 | 3 |
| 2023 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1976 | 98/100 | 0 |
| 2023 | Steppenwolf666 | Collectable record labels The Swirl Vertigo label pt2 | 45/68 | - |
| 2022 | arnellarsen | Top 100 Music Albums of 1976 | 30/100 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 4 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 7 | |||
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| ! | 01/25/2026 11:39 | Pluto11 | 12,259 | 72/100 |
| ! | 10/01/2023 10:30 | Liedzeit | 2,497 | 74/100 |
| ! | 03/18/2018 00:53 | vambo | 119 | 92/100 |
| ! | 02/10/2018 18:23 | TodFitz | 27,373 | 63/100 |
| ! | 05/24/2016 15:59 | Steppenwolf666 | 9,959 | 89/100 |
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iancrockert141 12/11/2015 10:01 | #154337
Contractual Obligation Album featuring cover versions of songs that appeared in the bands live set over the years and 3 of the bands own songs not issued on previous albums. Artists songs covered include LEADBELLY, IRVING BERLIN, DEL SHANNON, JETHRO TULL, ALICE COOPER And THE OSMONDS!!
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