Social Living
by Burning Spear
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Burning Spear bestography
Social Living is ranked 2nd best out of 27 albums by Burning Spear on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Burning Spear is Marcus Garvey which is ranked number 3247 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 469.
(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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Social Living track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (7 out of 9 tracks have been rated).
Social Living rankings
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 6 hours ago).
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 66 Music Albums of 1978 | 22/66 | 3 |
| 2025 | TodFitz | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 80/100 | 1 |
| 2025 | Mikey43 | Top 40 Greatest Music Albums | 21/40 | 44 |
| 2024 |  pa | Top 46 Music Albums of 1978 | 18/46 | 3 |
| 2024 |  EyeKanFly | AM Bubbling Under 1970s 2 | 34/100 | - |
| 2023 |  MW19704U | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 91/100 | 1 |
| 2022 |  Dankel | Top 56 Music Albums of 1978 | 38/56 | 2 |
| 2021 | Steppenwolf666 | Virgin All Time Top 1000 Albums by Virgin 1998 (701-800) | 43/100 | - |
| 2020 | Shalalaman | Top 40 Greatest Music Albums | 3/40 | 37 |
| 2018 | slimharpo | The Greatest Reggae Albums of the 1970s | 8/56 | - |
| 2018 | slimharpo | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 88/100 | 3 |
| 1979 | OOR | Jaarlijst Oor 1979 | 43/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 12 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 94 | |||
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Social Living 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.
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 12/21/2025 00:26 | LittleM1971 | 5,972 | 81/100 |
| ! | 08/11/2025 16:47 | EyeKanFly | 8,848 | 65/100 |
| ! | 05/29/2024 00:41 | BorderFreeAndrew | 15,652 | 74/100 |
| ! | 04/14/2024 12:45 | TonySayers61 | 25,042 | 64/100 |
| ! | 03/12/2023 13:00 | MW19704U | 6,988 | 59/100 |
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 74.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 9.2.
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