Futile
by Porcupine Tree
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Porcupine Tree bestography
Futile is ranked 24th best out of 46 albums by Porcupine Tree on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Porcupine Tree is Fear Of A Blank Planet which is ranked number 447 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,766.
(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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Futile track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Futile rankings
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 4 hours ago).
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 100 Music Albums of 2003 | 8/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 99 Music Albums of 2003 | 43/99 | 3 |
| 2025 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 2003 | 81/100 | 1 |
| 2024 | stevengnz | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 85/100 | 3 |
| 2017 |  bojolpif71 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2003 | 77/100 | 1 |
| 2017 |  JoSt | Top 50 Music Albums of 2003 | 26/50 | 3 |
| 2016 |  sageamagoo | Top 21 Music Albums of 2003 | 16/21 | 1 |
| 2016 | henriknaess | Top 50 Music Albums of 2003 | 32/50 | 2 |
| 2010 | maxtheaxe | Top 15 Greatest Music Albums | 10/15 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 9 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 19 | |||
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Futile 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 5 ratings for this album. | Show all 19 ratings for this album.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 10/28/2024 18:52 | Skerns | 5,101 | 80/100 |
| ! | 02/06/2023 10:40 |  MW19704U | 6,988 | 59/100 |
| ! | 03/04/2021 06:13 | MegoEvilBear | 2,145 | 75/100 |
| ! | 08/03/2019 13:32 | Pluto11 | 12,228 | 72/100 |
| ! | 03/25/2019 09:42 | Godspeedyou | 1,066 | 89/100 |
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 is rated in the top 23% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.5/100, a mean average of 74.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 9.1.
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