Japan 
Variations: Rain Tree Crow.
The best album credited to Japan is Tin Drum which is ranked number 1,989 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 838.
Japan is ranked number 897 in the overall artist rankings with a total rank score of 1,815 (this takes into account any aliases or variations).
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- David Sylvian
- Richard Barbieri
- Mick Karn
- Steve Jansen
- See also:
- Porcupine Tree
- Nine Horses
- David Sylvian & Robert Fripp
- Rain Tree Crow
- David Sylvian & Holger Czukay
- Dalis Car
- David Torn / Mick Karn / Terry Bozzio
- Jansen / Barbieri / Karn
- Steve Hogarth & Richard Barbieri
- Richard Barbieri & Tim Bowness
- Twinkle3 Ft David Sylvian And Kazuko Hohki
- Jansen • Barbieri • Takemura
- Rhodri Davies / David Sylvian / Mark Wastell
- David Sylvian & Russell Mills
- Steve Jansen & Richard Barbieri
- Stephan Mathieu & David Sylvian
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Japan best albums
The following albums by Japan are ranked highest in the greatest album charts:
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This may not be a complete discography for Japan.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!
Japan bestography composition
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1970s | 3 | 0% | |
| 1980s | 6 | 0% | |
| 1990s | 1 | 0% | |
| 2000s | 0 | 0% | |
| 2010s | 0 | 0% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
Japan best tracks
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Japan ratings
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av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating.
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Artist ratings | Avg. artist rating |
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85/100  | 01/10/2022 11:46 |  Jboy56 | | 92/100 |
80/100 | 10/21/2021 01:48 | LosWochos | | 79/100 |
85/100 | 11/20/2019 13:25 | Lisandro | | 83/100 |
75/100 | 11/03/2019 09:09 |  Tamthebam | | 73/100 |
75/100 | 06/23/2019 13:02 |  Liedzeit | | 77/100 |
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 artists can have several thousand ratings)
This artist is rated in the top 2% of all artists on BestEverAlbums.com. This artist has a Bayesian average rating of 81.2/100, a mean average of 85.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 85.4/100. The standard deviation for this artist is 10.8.
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Japan favourites
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The best New Romantic band. They started as a glam rock band on 1978 with them album "Adolescent Sex" but, to 1979 they change them musical style turning into a New Wave/Synth Pop band and releasing three amazing records witch are "Quiet Life", "Gentelmen Take Polaroids" and, them masterpiece "Tin Drum". The last one incorporing lots of influences from oriental music.
In my opinion, one of the best ever bands and with some of the best ever albums -even "Quiet Life" was included on the book "1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die" and, "Tin Drum" was voted by BBC 6 Music as the best album from 1981.
Japan were light years ahead of their time and created some incredible experimental and innovative music before they split.
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