The Essential Jimi Hendrix
by The Jimi Hendrix Experience
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The Essential Jimi Hendrix is ranked 30th best out of 70 albums by Jimi Hendrix on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Jimi Hendrix is Are You Experienced which is ranked number 38 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 20,871.
(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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The Essential Jimi Hendrix track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Essential Jimi Hendrix rankings
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 1 hour ago).
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | lwarner | Top 99 Music Albums of the 1970s | 3/99 | 20 |
| 2021 | lwarner | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 6/100 | 48 |
| 2016 | vancevisuals | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 31/100 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 3 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 72 | |||
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The Essential Jimi Hendrix 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).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 01/09/2025 03:19 | BorderFreeAndrew | 15,674 | 74/100 |
| ! | 04/03/2023 13:03 | TradeShark | 754 | 47/100 |
| ! | 10/13/2022 14:39 | TonySayers61 | 25,081 | 64/100 |
| ! | 05/31/2021 19:11 | LosWochos | 47,351 | 75/100 |
| ! | 01/30/2020 07:41 | Johnnyo | 9,877 | 77/100 |
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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 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.2/100, a mean average of 77.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 22.6.
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