Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (soundtrack album)
by John Williams (US)
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John Williams (US) bestography
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is ranked 16th best out of 40 albums by John Williams (US) on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by John Williams (US) is Star Wars which is ranked number 3444 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 429.
(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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Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | dukeboxkool | Top 40 Music Albums of 1977 | 10/40 | 4 |
| 2025 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 85 Music Albums of 1977 | 18/85 | 4 |
| 2025 |  Squonk007 | Top 30 Music Albums of 1977 | 22/30 | 2 |
| 2024 |  Leonard | Top 100 Music Albums of 1977 | 82/100 | 1 |
| 2023 | glynspsa | Top 100 Music Albums of 1977 | 32/100 | 3 |
| 2023 | glynspsa | Soundtracks | 15/100 | - |
| 2022 |  ExTeaSea | F2LF: John Williams | 23/26 | - |
| 2022 |  desh79 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1977 | 65/100 | 2 |
| 2021 |  zwiebel | Top 25 Music Albums of 1977 | 21/25 | 1 |
| 2020 | ExTeaSea | Vinyl Collection: Soundtracks/Misc | 4/5 | - |
| 2018 | glynspsa | Most wanted still issued Vinyl | 89/95 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 11 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 17 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 04/19/2024 04:09 |  ScrumpyArbuckle | 1,131 | 78/100 |
| ! | 04/17/2024 17:36 |  HoldenM | 1,699 | 83/100 |
| ! | 02/24/2024 11:28 | videoheadcleaner | 12,195 | 85/100 |
| ! | 12/31/2023 20:37 | RockingRoll666 | 1,667 | 73/100 |
| ! | 11/25/2023 15:48 | toast223 | 1,332 | 70/100 |
Rating metrics:
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 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.0/100, a mean average of 78.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.0.
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