Violin Phase (track)
by Steve Reich
Year: 1980
From the album Octet / Music For A Large Ensemble / Violin Phase (track #2)
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Violin Phase appears on the following album(s) by Steve Reich:
- Octet / Music For A Large Ensemble / Violin Phase (track #2) (this album) (1980)
- Live/Electric Music (track #1) (1968)
- Live 1977 (track #3) (2005)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 03/13/2026 03:56 | Exist-en-ciel | 171,797 | 71/100 |
| ! | 03/03/2026 09:57 | platus | 32,849 | 76/100 |
| ! | 08/20/2025 08:21 |  DommeDamian | 78,136 | 51/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 11% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 78.3/100, a mean average of 80.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.0/100. The standard deviation for this track is 8.2.
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AAL2014 TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/30/2024 04:40 | #303781
Violin Phase is an exercise in patience.
The first half had me convinced I wasn’t fond of this track. From that point on, however, the rhythms start to grow and expand and become like a gargantuan Rubik’s Cube of sound. It makes for an insane and remarkable payoff. (Edited)
