Glassworks (studio album) by Philip Glass
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Glassworks is ranked as the best album by Philip Glass.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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100/100  | 04/19/2024 04:15 |  ScrumpyArbuckle | | 78/100 |
85/100 | 03/17/2024 03:26 | juanr1096 | | 78/100 |
85/100 | 02/29/2024 17:31 |  DriftingOrpheus | | 81/100 |
90/100 | 01/26/2024 02:00 |  ExTeaSea | | 83/100 |
60/100 | 01/19/2024 03:59 | albumceleste | | 57/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 81.2/100, a mean average of 80.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.8.
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IanFrance 07/16/2021 22:32
A masterpiece of minimalism consisting of fractured orchestrations and kaleidoscopic melodies. Considering the relaxing nature of these pieces, it’s hard to keep up with them sometimes. Each movement serves as a perfect foil for the one before.
Rating: Excellent
Best track: Glassworks iii: Island
jdenny2018 05/17/2018 21:04
Philip Glass trying to create something "walkman-like" and knocking it out of the damn park
First heard this album in '83. Opening Flow becomes more
complex, more beautiful every time I listen. This is definitely #1 desert island choice for me. It's the greatest piece I've ever heard.
Space-Dementia 07/01/2016 21:09
Amazing. It's so minimalist, but it's not just the same thing over and over again. There's enough change to make it really interesting. Philip Glass is the first classical composer I've listened to for fun, and I absolutely love him.
RoundTheBend 04/30/2016 03:49
Mesmerizing but the counterpoint stuff gets a bit overwhelming after a while... I feel it needs a bit of dynamic added to it by having some ambient tracks or something. Facades was kind of that, but a little late in the album. It's a very similar feel throughout the album. Rubric was impressive because it was more electronic, and I love sax.
timtooky 03/31/2014 14:48
I'm quite sure to remember that most of these enigmatic, sophisticated but mainly enjoyable compositions (i don't want to call them songs) occur in the movie koyaanisqatsi. wonderful (in parts hypnotic) music reminding me of j.s.bach and wagner.
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