The Island Years (compilation album) by John Cale
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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All 2 charts that this album appears in:
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 |  Romanelli | Top 73 Music Albums of 1996 | 52/73 | 2 |
| 2025 | Romanelli | My Overall Chart: 2001-2100 | 42/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 2 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 2 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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90/100  | 05/05/2025 23:47 | ForARide | | 88/100 |
80/100 | 03/27/2023 17:55 | LosWochos | | 75/100 |
60/100 | 11/10/2022 04:35 |  Arthurknight | | 72/100 |
95/100 | 03/10/2018 16:54 |  Crumpet | | 85/100 |
95/100 | 12/02/2017 20:57 |  CharlieBarley | | 81/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.9/100, a mean average of 81.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.0.
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Crumpet 03/10/2018 17:07
A brilliant set of 3 albums that, while ranging in quality, are all worth owning.
The first album 'Fear' is also the best, and is made up of tracks 1-8 on disk 1, featuring the best tracks on the whole set, namely "Buffalo Ballet", "Fear is a Man's Best Friend" and, my favourite, "Emily".
The second album is the entertaining but flawed "Slow Dazzel", which consists of 13-17 on disk 1 and tracks 1-5 on disk 2. Slow Dazzel has some great songs on it, the opener and the closer ("Mr. Wilson" and "The Jeweller") being examples, as well as his brilliantly dark reinterpretation of Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel". The only change made to any of these albums was made to any of these albums for this collection was that "The Jeweller" is slightly shorter than it was on the origional release of Skow Dazzel, but it doesn't really make that much of a difference.
The final album is the worst of the lot, but it is still very entertaining. "Helen of Troy" consists of tracks 6-16 on disk 2 and the tracks worth pointing out are "I Keep a Close Watch", "Engine" and the final track "Sudden Death".
The set also contains 6 extra tracks, tracks 10-12 on disk 1 and tracks 17-19 on disk 2. These songs are all really good and make the collection worth buying even if you already have most of the content. I particularly like "Coral Moon" and the lovely "Sylvia Said", which should really have been on Fear.
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