A Curious Thing (studio album)
by Amy MacDonald
Condition: Very Good
Amy MacDonald bestography
A Curious Thing is ranked 2nd best out of 6 albums by Amy MacDonald on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Amy MacDonald is This Is The Life which is ranked number 4719 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 294.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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A Curious Thing track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
A Curious Thing rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Top 88 Music Albums of 2010 | 71/88 | 1 | |
| 2025 | Top 80 Music Albums of 2010 | 10/80 | 4 | |
| 2024 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2010 | 49/100 | 3 | |
| 2023 | Top 50 Music Albums of 2010 | 27/50 | 2 | |
| 2023 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 69/100 | 6 | |
| 2022 | Top 55 Music Albums of 2010 | 17/55 | 4 | |
| 2022 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2010 | 9/100 | 5 | |
| 2022 | PeterSmith | Top 88 Music Albums of the 2010s | 80/88 | 2 |
| 2021 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 88/100 | 3 | |
| 2021 | singer | 52/100 | - | |
| 2011 | Ade | Top 50 Greatest Music Albums | 22/50 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 11 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 30 | |||
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A Curious Thing ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/20/2024 13:12 | 22,874 | 69/100 | |
| ! | 01/03/2022 10:15 | PeterSmith | 726 | 75/100 |
| ! | 07/04/2021 00:38 | 4,151 | 57/100 | |
| ! | 12/22/2020 16:02 | Pluto11 | 11,711 | 72/100 |
| ! | 11/12/2020 11:46 | IvanShishman | 1,727 | 68/100 |
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album has a Bayesian average rating of 69.8/100, a mean average of 68.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 68.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 9.7.
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I loved This Is The Life so much that this was going to be a hard act to follow - this makes a bold attempt but didn't hit them same level unfortunately but still a decent pop record
Beautiful voice. My Stand Out Track: What Happiness Means to Me.
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