BGM
by YMO

BGM by YMO
Year: 1981
Overall rank: 14,547th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 30 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1981 (210th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (1,984th)
Award Best albums of all time (14,547th)

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YMO bestography

BGM is ranked 4th best out of 14 albums by Yellow Magic Orchestra on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Yellow Magic Orchestra is Solid State Survivor which is ranked number 2236 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 723.

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BGM rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 14,547th | 1980s rank: 1,984th | 1981 rank: 210th

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BGM ratings

Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 30 votes)
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n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
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75/100
 
17 hours ago Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  8,96370/100
 
80/100
 
07/02/2025 06:45 PapaShiz86  Ratings distribution  11,21379/100
 
75/100
 
11/25/2024 13:57 cicadelic  Ratings distribution  12,40573/100
 
70/100
 
07/31/2024 14:10 JamesMowbray  Ratings distribution  5,40469/100
 
60/100
 
10/01/2023 07:33 TonySayers61  Ratings distribution  24,13164/100

Rating metrics: Help 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 9% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.8/100, a mean average of 74.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.8.

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80/100
From 07/26/2022 20:05 | #287857
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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