Illusions
by Arthur Blythe
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Illusions track list
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(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 6 hours ago).
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | PurpleHazel | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 7/100 | 19 |
| 2026 |  Hayden | Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 | 67/100 | 2 |
| 2025 |  sageamagoo | The Next 100 | 48/100 | - |
| 2019 |  Tap | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 93/100 | 2 |
| 2019 | PurpleHazel | Top 40 Music Albums of 1980 | 1/40 | 5 |
| 2018 | brun027 | Top 50 Music Albums of 1980 | 20/50 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 6 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 31 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 04/05/2026 05:34 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,335 | 70/100 |
| ! | 01/01/2026 19:39 |  Steebo | 548 | 86/100 |
| ! | 10/25/2023 17:42 | sageamagoo | 1,461 | 80/100 |
| ! | 11/27/2022 12:33 | TonySayers61 | 25,155 | 64/100 |
| ! | 03/28/2021 16:54 |  CaptainPain | 3,415 | 61/100 |
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.9/100, a mean average of 73.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 27.8.
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