The Mirror Man Sessions
by Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
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Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band bestography
The Mirror Man Sessions is ranked 12th best out of 31 albums by Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band is Trout Mask Replica which is ranked number 275 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 5,936.
(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 Mirror Man Sessions track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Mirror Man Sessions rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 1 hour ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | PurpleHazel | Top 30 Music Albums of 1999 | 5/30 | 4 |
| 2023 | glynspsa | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 36/100 | 13 |
| 2023 | glynspsa | Top 100 Music Albums of 1999 | 4/100 | 5 |
| 2022 |  NoisyBeast | Top 100 Music Albums of 1999 | 24/100 | 4 |
| 2022 | NoisyBeast | Top 1000 Albums of the 1990s... # 301 - 400 | 81/100 | - |
| 2020 | Red0510 | Top 6 Music Albums of 1999 | 4/6 | 3 |
| 2018 | badu | Top 40 Greatest Music Albums | 38/40 | 1 |
| 2018 | Cassidy | Top 40 Greatest Music Albums | 37/40 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 8 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 32 | |||
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The Mirror Man Sessions ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 05/19/2025 21:30 | brent13 | 2,179 | 66/100 |
| ! | 02/25/2025 00:24 |  EyeKanFly | 8,985 | 65/100 |
| ! | 06/16/2023 23:04 | PapaShiz86 | 11,760 | 79/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.3/100, a mean average of 69.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 69.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 20.5.
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