Once Around The World
by It Bites
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Once Around The World is ranked as the best album by It Bites.
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Once Around The World track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Once Around The World rankings
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 3 hours ago).
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1988 | 91/100 | 1 |
| 2025 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1988 | 42/100 | 3 |
| 2024 | Steppenwolf666 | 1988 2nd chart | 18/63 | - |
| 2022 |  sageamagoo | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 22/100 | 16 |
| 2021 | Johnnyo | Prog Magazine - The History of Prog in 50 Albums | 41/50 | - |
| 2020 | meltchett | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 38/100 | 13 |
| 2020 |  authorunknown | Top 25 Music Albums of 1988 | 14/25 | 2 |
| 2018 | sageamagoo | Top 17 Music Albums of 1988 | 6/17 | 4 |
| 2018 | Fischman | Best Prog of the 1980s | 88/100 | - |
| 2017 |  JoSt | Top 48 Music Albums of 1988 | 3/48 | 5 |
| 2017 | JoSt | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 32/100 | 14 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 11 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 56 | |||
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Once Around The World ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 03/21/2026 17:40 | markl73 | 619 | 78/100 |
| ! | 10/15/2025 19:34 |  DanielNunes93 | 2,805 | 61/100 |
| ! | 03/27/2025 15:59 | Tamthebam | 23,182 | 69/100 |
| ! | 08/26/2024 16:59 | TonySayers61 | 25,034 | 64/100 |
| ! | 04/11/2023 19:03 | LosWochos | 47,316 | 75/100 |
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.3/100, a mean average of 68.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 68.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.3.
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