Water Bearer
by Sally Oldfield
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Water Bearer is ranked as the best album by Sally Oldfield.
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Water Bearer track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Water Bearer rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | martintho | Top 76 Music Albums of 1978 | 10/76 | 4 |
| 2025 | MrOlan | Top 15 Music Albums of 1978 | 6/15 | 3 |
| 2025 | MrOlan | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 96/100 | 1 |
| 2023 |  MW19704U | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 57/100 | 2 |
| 2019 | pejo13 | Top 50 Greatest Music Albums | 41/50 | 5 |
| 2017 |  Ottokar | Top 41 Music Albums of 1978 | 37/41 | 1 |
| 2016 | iancrockert141 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 82/100 | 1 |
| 2014 | pentapolin | BEST SONGS | 52/86 | - |
| 2014 | pentapolin | UNDERRATED DISCS | 44/65 | - |
| 2010 | roar | Top 16 Greatest Music Albums | 10/16 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 10 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 18 | |||
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Water Bearer ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 03/22/2023 13:27 | MW19704U | 6,988 | 59/100 |
| ! | 12/17/2022 03:05 | MrOlan | 955 | 76/100 |
| ! | 04/07/2020 11:23 |  Ulysses60 | 1,299 | 78/100 |
| ! | 03/11/2019 16:38 | Pluto11 | 12,259 | 72/100 |
| ! | 07/12/2018 20:32 | BrufordFreak | 1,461 | 76/100 |
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.6/100, a mean average of 71.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.6.
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