Alive On Arrival
by Steve Forbert
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Steve Forbert bestography
Alive On Arrival is ranked 4th best out of 13 albums by Steve Forbert on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Steve Forbert is The American In Me which is ranked number 17273 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 64.
(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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Alive On Arrival track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Alive On Arrival rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 49 minutes ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | platus | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 65/100 | 2 |
| 2025 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 99/100 | 0 |
| 2024 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 79/100 | 1 |
| 2022 | Chambord | Top 45 Music Albums of 1978 | 42/45 | 0 |
| 2020 |  UofTBlues | Top 27 Music Albums of 1978 | 22/27 | 1 |
| 2018 |  bobbyb5 | Top 58 Music Albums of 1978 | 43/58 | 1 |
| 2017 |  JoSt | Top 44 Music Albums of 1978 | 27/44 | 2 |
| 2011 | rc81457 | Top 40 Greatest Music Albums | 37/40 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 8 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 8 | |||
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Alive On Arrival ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 05/29/2025 13:17 | platus | 5,924 | 74/100 |
| ! | 09/26/2024 22:09 | BorderFreeAndrew | 15,736 | 74/100 |
| ! | 04/22/2022 15:08 | Pluto11 | 12,270 | 72/100 |
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album is rated in the top 6% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.5/100, a mean average of 73.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 20.1.
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