Life On A String
by Laurie Anderson
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Laurie Anderson bestography
Life On A String is ranked 7th best out of 12 albums by Laurie Anderson on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Laurie Anderson is Big Science which is ranked number 1072 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,617.
(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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Life On A String track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Life On A String rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | skrapoel | Top 56 Music Albums of 2001 | 19/56 | 3 |
| 2025 |  Leonard | Top 100 Music Albums of 2001 | 54/100 | 2 |
| 2025 |  sssvnnn | Top 80 Music Albums of 2001 | 38/80 | 3 |
| 2025 |  Liedzeit | Obscure chart | 33/63 | - |
| 2025 |  jeremy9 | Top 97 Music Albums of 2001 | 27/97 | 4 |
| 2025 |  desh79 | Top 99 Music Albums of 2001 | 50/99 | 3 |
| 2024 | Liedzeit | Top 81 Music Albums of the 2000s | 21/81 | 15 |
| 2022 | Brandonjtg | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 62/100 | 8 |
| 2018 |  bobbyb5 | Top 43 Music Albums of 2001 | 37/43 | 1 |
| 2015 | vancevisuals | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 57/100 | 9 |
| 2014 | Natnar | Top 32 Music Albums of the 2000s | 30/32 | 2 |
| 2014 | Natnar | Top 5 Music Albums of 2001 | 4/5 | 2 |
| 2010 | Harsila | Top 20 Greatest Music Albums | 2/20 | - |
| 2001 | Heaven Magazine | Beste albums van 2001 | 11/100 | 5 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 14 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 55 | |||
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Life On A String ratings
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AVwhere:
av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating.
Showing latest 5 ratings for this album. | Show all 20 ratings for this album.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 12/15/2025 01:10 |  Kingturtle | 7,530 | 73/100 |
| ! | 04/19/2024 03:37 |  ScrumpyArbuckle | 1,131 | 78/100 |
| ! | 10/16/2023 14:15 |  Tamthebam | 22,894 | 69/100 |
| ! | 02/24/2023 04:00 |  zags7000 | 20,410 | 64/100 |
| ! | 12/06/2022 21:35 | sssvnnn | 8,198 | 67/100 |
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 has a Bayesian average rating of 72.1/100, a mean average of 72.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.3.
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