Scatterbrain
by The Chills
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The Chills bestography
Scatterbrain is ranked 6th best out of 14 albums by Martin Phillipps & The Chills on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Martin Phillipps & The Chills is Submarine Bells which is ranked number 5296 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 262.
(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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Scatterbrain track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Scatterbrain rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 2021 | 37/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | mikepen | Top 48 Music Albums of the 2020s | 25/48 | 10 |
| 2026 | Untitled | Top 24 Music Albums of 2021 | 22/24 | 1 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 2021 | 94/100 | 0 |
| 2026 |  MadhattanJack | Top 84 Music Albums of 2021 | 6/84 | 5 |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 100 Music Albums of 2021 | 84/100 | 1 |
| 2025 | dukeboxkool | Top 50 Music Albums of 2021 | 41/50 | 1 |
| 2025 |  LadyGodiva | Repeat Rewind 2021 edition | 76/100 | - |
| 2025 | dukeboxkool | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2020s | 90/100 | 2 |
| 2025 | mikepen | Top 14 Music Albums of 2021 | 5/14 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 13 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 34 | |||
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Scatterbrain 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).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 10/03/2025 20:40 | MadhattanJack | 6,005 | 66/100 |
| ! | 12/17/2023 11:27 |  videoheadcleaner | 12,361 | 85/100 |
| ! | 02/27/2023 22:05 | Moondance | 20,799 | 72/100 |
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 15% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.1/100, a mean average of 75.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 7.3.
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MadhattanJack 10/26/2022 20:59 in What album are you listening to right now?Scatterbrain comments
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This album is filled with a lot of good songs that are all reasonably short and most have enjoyable choruses. There is definitely a lot of songs on the album I want to hear again and I think the vocals and instruments do work extremely well together and feel completely in sync. However, all the songs do feel a little bit the same and there isn't a huge amount of variation in the music. Overall. it is an enjoyable and smooth rock album, that is short and sweet.
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