BGM (studio album) by YMO

BGM by YMO
Year: 1981
Overall rank: 14,327th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 29 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1981 (205th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (1,977th)
Award Best albums of all time (14,327th)
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YMO Yellow Magic Orchestra - BGM - A&M Records, 1981, MINT Vinyl
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YMO* - BGM (CD, Album, RE, RM) (Very Good Plus (VG+)) 3482636568
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YMO 10LP Set Yellow Magic Orchestra Record Ryuichi Sakamoto, Haruomi Hosono BGM
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YMO bestography

BGM is ranked 2nd best out of 5 albums by YMO on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by YMO is Technodelic which is ranked number 5090 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 268.

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  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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75/100 (from 29 votes)
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11/25/2024 13:57 cicadelic  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 9,74373/100
 
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07/31/2024 14:10 JamesMowbray  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 4,93370/100
 
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10/01/2023 07:33 TonySayers61  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 20,78464/100
 
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04/03/2023 17:59 Tamthebam  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 22,46469/100

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 12% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.6/100, a mean average of 74.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.9.

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80/100
From 07/26/2022 20:05
Perhaps not the best YMO stuff, but still great. It builds up a bit slow, but then you get 1000 knives and Cue.
Amazing that they did both Technodelics and this album in the same year.
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