Philip Glass United States

Variations: Philip Glass Ensemble.

The best album credited to Philip Glass is Glassworks which is ranked number 1,661 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 1,021.

Philip Glass is ranked number 569 in the overall artist rankings with a total rank score of 3,157 (this takes into account any aliases or variations).

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Philip Glass best albums

The following albums by Philip Glass are ranked highest in the greatest album charts:

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Year of Release:
1982
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1,021
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Year of Release:
1983
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850
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1979
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570
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Year of Release:
1989
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163
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5.
Mishima 
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Year of Release:
1985
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101
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1988
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85
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1987
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75
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1988
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59
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1985
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27
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1986
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26
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Total albums: 39. Page 1 of 4
This may not be a complete discography for Philip Glass.This listing only shows those albums by this artist that appear in at least one chart on this site. If an album is 'missing' that you think deserves to be here, you can include it in your own chart from the My Charts page!

Philip Glass bestography composition

Decade Albums %


1930s 0 0%
1940s 0 0%
1950s 0 0%
1960s 0 0%
1970s 5 0%
1980s 13 0%
1990s 7 0%
2000s 8 0%
2010s 3 0%
2020s 3 0%
Compilation? Albums %
No 37 95%
Yes 2 5%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 33 85%
Yes 6 15%

Philip Glass best tracks

Include tracks from compilations & live albums | Exclude tracks from compilations & live albums Help The same track can appear on multiple albums, so excluding tracks from compilations and live albums helps to remove duplicates from this list.

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Opening
(from the album Glassworks)
Average Rating: 85 (49 votes)Comments: View 0
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Floe
(from the album Glassworks)
Average Rating: 82 (35 votes)Comments: View 1
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Average Rating: 82 (15 votes)Comments: View 0
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Closing
(from the album Glassworks)
Average Rating: 81 (32 votes)Comments: View 0
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Mad Rush
(from the album Solo Piano)
Average Rating: 81 (7 votes)Comments: View 0
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Average Rating: 81 (6 votes)Comments: View 0
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Average Rating: 81 (6 votes)Comments: View 0
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Average Rating: 80 (11 votes)Comments: View 0
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Average Rating: 80 (5 votes)Comments: View 0
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Islands
(from the album Glassworks)
Average Rating: 80 (35 votes)Comments: View 0
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Average Rating: 80 (23 votes)Comments: View 0
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Prophecies
(from the album Koyaanisqatsi)
Average Rating: 80 (26 votes)Comments: View 0
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Rubric
(from the album Glassworks)
Average Rating: 80 (34 votes)Comments: View 0
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Facades
(from the album Glassworks)
Average Rating: 80 (33 votes)Comments: View 0
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Pruit Igoe
(from the album Koyaanisqatsi)
Average Rating: 80 (28 votes)Comments: View 0
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The Grid
(from the album Koyaanisqatsi)
Average Rating: 80 (26 votes)Comments: View 0
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Average Rating: 80 (5 votes)Comments: View 0
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Average Rating: 80 (5 votes)Comments: View 0
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Average Rating: 79 (5 votes)Comments: View 0
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Average Rating: 79 (4 votes)Comments: View 0
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Philip Glass ratings

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80/100 (from 19 votes)
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This artist is rated in the top 3% of all artists on BestEverAlbums.com. This artist has a Bayesian average rating of 80.3/100, a mean average of 78.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 83.1/100. The standard deviation for this artist is 21.4.

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From 02/18/2018 23:47 | #208781
Repetitive and annoying. This artist came onto my classical radio station when I was driving and I felt like I was going to get in a car crash. Artist merits maximum low score (lower than my review for 21 and Atom Heart Mother currently) for almost killing me.
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