Philip Glass United States

Variations: Philip Glass Ensemble.

The best album credited to Philip Glass is Glassworks which is ranked number 1,654 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 1,026.

Philip Glass is ranked number 560 in the overall artist rankings with a total rank score of 3,253 (this takes into account any aliases or variations).

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Dec
03
Tue
20:00
Philip Glass Ensemble: The Live Score Of Godfrey Reggio's Powaqqatsi
Town Hall, New York, United States. United States
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Apr
19
Sat
20:00
The Philip Glass Ensemble The Live Score Of Godfrey Reggios Naqoyqatsi
Town Hall, New York, United States. United States
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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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1,026
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Year of Release:
1983
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863
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1979
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596
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1989
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174
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5.
Mishima 
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Year of Release:
1985
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105
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1988
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104
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1987
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81
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1988
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65
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1985
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29
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1996
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28
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Total albums: 38. 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 2 0%
2020s 3 0%
Compilation? Albums %
No 36 95%
Yes 2 5%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 32 84%
Yes 6 16%

Philip Glass best tracks

Include tracks from compilations & live albums | Exclude tracks from compilations & live albums 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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1.
Rating: 85 (46 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Glassworks)
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Rating: 82 (34 votes)Comments: 1
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(from the album Glassworks)
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Rating: 82 (15 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Einstein On The Beach)
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Rating: 82 (32 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Glassworks)
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Rating: 81 (7 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Solo Piano)
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Rating: 81 (6 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Solo Piano)
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Rating: 81 (6 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Solo Piano)
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Rating: 80 (11 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Einstein On The Beach)
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Rating: 80 (5 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Solo Piano)
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Rating: 80 (34 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Glassworks)
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Rating: 80 (33 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Glassworks)
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Rating: 80 (33 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Glassworks)
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Rating: 80 (5 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Solo Piano)
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Rating: 80 (5 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Solo Piano)
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Rating: 79 (21 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Koyaanisqatsi)
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Rating: 79 (26 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Koyaanisqatsi)
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Rating: 79 (24 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Koyaanisqatsi)
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Rating: 79 (24 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Koyaanisqatsi)
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Rating: 79 (5 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Solo Piano)
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Rating: 79 (4 votes)Comments: 0
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(from the album Metamorphosis I - V)
N.B. Tracks must have received at least 3 ratings to appear in the above list.

Philip Glass ratings

Average Rating: 
80/100 (from 17 votes)
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n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
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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 80.2/100, a mean average of 78.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 83.1/100. The standard deviation for this artist is 22.5.

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From 02/18/2018 23:47
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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