Bête Noire
by Bryan Ferry
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Bryan Ferry bestography
Bête Noire is ranked 2nd best out of 23 albums by Bryan Ferry on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Bryan Ferry is Boys And Girls which is ranked number 3078 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 498.
(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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Bête Noire track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Bête Noire rankings
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 3 hours ago).
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Bête Noire ratings
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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).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/07/2026 09:25 | JamesMowbray | 5,574 | 69/100 |
| ! | 02/23/2026 00:26 | saltysurprise | 2,954 | 83/100 |
| ! | 12/06/2025 15:45 | thenat | 1,393 | 75/100 |
| ! | 11/04/2025 14:22 |  RasmV | 2,546 | 73/100 |
| ! | 05/19/2025 22:56 | brent13 | 2,143 | 67/100 |
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album is rated in the top 25% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.4/100, a mean average of 73.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.4.
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TheDude85 06/28/2019 19:06 | #238579
Favorite track "Seven Deadly Sins"
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