The Machine Stops
by Hawkwind
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Hawkwind bestography
The Machine Stops is ranked 17th best out of 81 albums by Hawkwind on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Hawkwind is Space Ritual which is ranked number 2483 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 645.
(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 Machine Stops track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Machine Stops rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 1 hour ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  ObsoleteEntity | 2010s, #101-200 | 22/23 | - |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 98 Music Albums of 2016 | 1/98 | 5 |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 2/100 | 20 |
| 2025 | ThuramThugood | Ranked - Hawkwind (UK) - Ranked | 54/82 | - |
| 2025 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 2016 | 82/100 | 1 |
| 2025 |  Wasinski | Top 75 Music Albums of 2016 | 55/75 | 1 |
| 2023 |  Robert Anton Wilson | Top 15 Music Albums of 2016 | 9/15 | 2 |
| 2021 | Highhopes | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 92/100 | 2 |
| 2021 | Steppenwolf666 | Hawkwind Albums Rated | 11/31 | - |
| 2018 |  DanielNunes93 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2016 | 92/100 | 0 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 13 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 40 | |||
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The Machine Stops ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 05/18/2026 10:48 | ADIALBUM | 2 | 100/100 |
| ! | 04/25/2026 23:08 | Robert Anton Wil | 1,149 | 84/100 |
| ! | 04/12/2023 11:26 |  MetalMan67 | 6,251 | 71/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 15% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.2/100, a mean average of 75.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.4.
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Their first top 30 album since the early 1980's, at last they got some good publicity, and of course the LP is brilliant too.
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