Dark Matter
by Randy Newman
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Randy Newman bestography
Dark Matter is ranked 6th best out of 35 albums by Randy Newman on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Randy Newman is Sail Away which is ranked number 1737 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 983.
(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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Dark Matter track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Dark Matter rankings
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Dark Matter ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 04/19/2025 14:21 |  EyeKanFly | 8,848 | 65/100 |
| ! | 12/07/2024 05:52 |  zags7000 | 20,568 | 64/100 |
| ! | 11/15/2024 18:08 | davidleewrong | 2,357 | 81/100 |
| ! | 11/17/2023 17:48 | zomg101 | 2,227 | 69/100 |
| ! | 06/29/2023 19:55 | jlsfourth | 1,212 | 71/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.0/100, a mean average of 73.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 8.7.
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The best Randy Newman album for a while. Absolute genius. Randy's at the top of his lyrical game here. Opener, the great debate, is a stunner too. One of the years best.
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