Hydra
by Toto
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Toto bestography
Hydra is ranked 3rd best out of 28 albums by Toto on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Toto is Toto IV which is ranked number 2192 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 756.
(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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Hydra track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Hydra rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 97 Music Albums of 1979 | 47/97 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1979 | 29/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | Juneof44 | Top 50 Music Albums of 1979 | 41/50 | 1 |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1979 | 71/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  nitomano | Top 33 Music Albums of 1979 | 17/33 | 3 |
| 2026 | Jakor | Top 100 Music Albums of 1979 | 76/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | culwin | Top 38 Music Albums of 1979 | 35/38 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Repo | Top 88 Music Albums of 1979 | 70/88 | 1 |
| 2025 | skrapoel | Top 46 Music Albums of 1979 | 26/46 | 2 |
| 2025 | DJStuart79 | Top 49 Music Albums of 1979 | 21/49 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 42 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 138 | |||
Hydra collection
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Hydra ratings
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AVwhere:
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.
Showing latest 3 ratings for this album. | Show all 86 ratings for this album.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 10/05/2026 22:17 | Liks_on_music | 680 | 81/100 |
| ! | 01/20/2026 23:55 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,241 | 70/100 |
| ! | 08/26/2025 16:26 | daCritic | 4,648 | 73/100 |
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 69.7/100, a mean average of 68.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 69.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.0.
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Hydra forum mentions
Repo 03/09/2021 17:07 in What album are you listening to right now?Hydra comments
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Fischman TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/07/2018 14:55 | #226406 | TOP COMMENT
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While not their biggest, this is by far Toto's most imaginative and original album, and deserves to be a the top of their otherwise middling heap. (Edited)
Very good overall
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