# Terry Riley — Every Record We Rank

Terry Riley appears once in our Minimalism list, placing as high as No. 1. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.

- **Ranked entries:** 1
- **Appears on:** Minimalism
- **Year:** 1968
- **Highest placing:** No. 1 in Minimalism
- **Updated:** 2026-08-29
- **Canonical page:** https://waxonia.com/artist/terry-riley/

## Appears on

### [In C](https://waxonia.com/track/terry-riley--in-c/)

*1968 · Columbia Masterworks · No. 1 in [Minimalism](https://waxonia.com/genre/minimalism/)*

Fifty-three fragments, any number of players, each moving on when they feel like it. Riley wrote a set of instructions rather than a piece, and produced the founding document of the whole method.

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Terry%20Riley%20In%20C) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=yNi0bukYRnA)

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