B-Sides & Rarities
by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds bestography
B-Sides & Rarities is ranked 23rd best out of 30 albums by Nick Cave on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Nick Cave is Skeleton Tree which is ranked number 380 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 4,418.
(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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B-Sides & Rarities track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
B-Sides & Rarities rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | ThuramThugood | Ranked - Nick Cave - Ranked | 20/41 | - |
| 2024 |  pedro1976 | Most listened to albums - October 2022 | 2/20 | - |
| 2023 | cmoshier | Top 100 Music Albums of 2005 | 54/100 | 2 |
| 2023 |  TheDude85 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2005 | 45/100 | 3 |
| 2021 | markc19 | nick cave album chart | 18/27 | - |
| 2020 | Red0510 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 52/100 | 10 |
| 2019 | pago82 | Top 70 Music Albums of 2005 | 65/70 | 0 |
| 2019 |  badseed | Nick Cave Albums Ranked | 34/34 | - |
| 2017 | Unaguma | Top 93 Music Albums of the 2000s | 56/93 | 8 |
| 2016 | Jorbaa | Top 20 Music Albums of 2005 | 5/20 | 4 |
| 2015 | lanis | Top 63 Music Albums of 2005 | 27/63 | 3 |
| 2012 |  lancashirearab | Top 27 Music Albums of 2005 | 17/27 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 12 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 33 | |||
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B-Sides & Rarities 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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Showing latest 5 ratings for this album. | Show all 31 ratings for this album.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 01/09/2026 00:10 | bjorndedrij | 127 | 62/100 |
| ! | 11/28/2025 19:42 | Musicbuff123 | 301 | 69/100 |
| ! | 02/08/2024 03:37 | EntList | 243 | 73/100 |
| ! | 11/09/2022 12:52 |  Arthurknight | 9,595 | 72/100 |
| ! | 06/17/2022 22:34 |  Graeme2 | 4,888 | 79/100 |
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 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.0/100, a mean average of 77.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.7.
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