Amarok
by Mike Oldfield
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Mike Oldfield bestography
Amarok is ranked 6th best out of 36 albums by Mike Oldfield on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Mike Oldfield is Tubular Bells which is ranked number 516 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,356.
(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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Amarok track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Amarok 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 | fabm0 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 90/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Patman360 | Top 89 Music Albums of 1990 | 27/89 | 4 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1990 Pt 2 | 3/30 | - |
| 2026 | PapaShiz86 | Top 50 Music Albums of 1990 | 41/50 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1990 | 77/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Wasinski | Top 85 Music Albums of 1990 | 16/85 | 4 |
| 2026 | MrOlan | Top 11 Music Albums of 1990 | 11/11 | 0 |
| 2026 |  Helios | Top 100 Music Albums of 1990 | 35/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 71 Music Albums of 1990 | 66/71 | 0 |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1990 | 64/100 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 48 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 224 | |||
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Amarok ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/14/2026 18:56 | Tamthebam | 23,330 | 69/100 |
| ! | 06/10/2026 11:35 |  luigybetis | 1,552 | 87/100 |
| ! | 05/15/2026 22:58 | Skerns | 5,215 | 80/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 6% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.7/100, a mean average of 74.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.1.
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Amarok forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 09/03/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5424): By fabm0View latest topic →
neilgee 07/19/2023 12:00 in What album are you listening to right now?Amarok comments
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DJFresh-Rock 05/14/2022 22:29 | #285350 | TOP COMMENT
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The story goes that Mike Oldfield had to commit to one more album with Virgin Records and they'd been on at him to produce something a little more radio friendly. Ever the contrarian, Mike came up with Amarok. One, hour-long track, split up into little nuggets of weirdness. There's barely a movement over 2 minutes and there's a considerable amount of oddity contained herein. Nevertheless, it hangs together brilliantly and if you can get past the incoherence, there's much to be enjoyed. Personally, I think it ranks as one of Oldfield's best albums. (Edited)
allgood 07/26/2017 16:00 | #194940 | TOP COMMENT
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A weird and great album, definitely among its best. (Edited)
Best album ever.
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