The Complete Matrix Tapes
by The Velvet Underground
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The Velvet Underground bestography
The Complete Matrix Tapes is ranked 13th best out of 19 albums by The Velvet Underground on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Velvet Underground is The Velvet Underground & Nico which is ranked number 10 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 37,821.
(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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The Complete Matrix Tapes track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Complete Matrix Tapes rankings
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 3 hours ago).
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | CripplingAutism | Top 97 Music Albums of 2015 | 30/97 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Top 100 Music Albums of 2015 | 19/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | Purplepash | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 69/100 | 6 |
| 2025 | cicadelic | Robert Christgau: Dean's List 2015 | 34/84 | - |
| 2024 | LosWochos | best ever live albums | 45/100 | - |
| 2023 | ASOARE | Top 100 Music Albums of 2015 | 30/100 | 4 |
| 2023 | glynspsa | Top 100 Music Albums of 2015 | 35/100 | 3 |
| 2021 | lwarner | Top 99 Music Albums of the 2010s | 21/99 | 16 |
| 2020 |  Spyglass | Ranking The Velvet Underground | 5/7 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 9 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 37 | |||
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The Complete Matrix Tapes ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 04/03/2024 18:12 | LosWochos | 47,315 | 75/100 |
| ! | 08/24/2023 15:49 |  EyeKanFly | 8,848 | 65/100 |
| ! | 11/23/2022 10:09 |  pavelthevelvet | 625 | 65/100 |
| ! | 11/09/2022 23:07 |  Arthurknight | 9,590 | 72/100 |
| ! | 11/14/2021 03:35 |  phantom1305 | 2,812 | 71/100 |
Rating metrics:
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 79.7/100, a mean average of 84.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 84.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.9.
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