First Light (studio album) by Richard & Linda Thompson

First Light by Richard & Linda Thompson
Year: 1978
Overall rank: 12,807th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 24 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1978 (189th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (1,793rd)
Award Best albums of all time (12,807th)
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Richard & Linda Thompson bestography

First Light is ranked 4th best out of 8 albums by Richard & Linda Thompson on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Richard & Linda Thompson is I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight which is ranked number 1067 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,656.

Richard & Linda Thompson album bestography « Higher ranked (10,134th) This album (12,807th) Lower ranked (26,064th) »
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First Light track list

  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (9 out of 10 tracks have been rated).

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Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 24 votes)
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08/19/2023 13:07 JamesMowbray  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 3,95870/100
 
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11/10/2022 05:18 Arthurknight  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 9,30272/100

Rating metrics: Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)

This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.8/100, a mean average of 70.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.5.

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