Real Life
by Simple Minds
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Simple Minds bestography
Real Life is ranked 8th best out of 26 albums by Simple Minds on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Simple Minds is New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) which is ranked number 755 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,279.
(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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Real Life track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Real Life rankings
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 4 hours ago).
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Real Life 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).
AV = the site mean average rating.
Showing latest 5 ratings for this album. | Show all 54 ratings for this album.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 06/23/2026 14:45 |  Tamthebam | 23,221 | 69/100 |
| ! | 05/28/2026 19:39 | traistboar | 1,749 | 79/100 |
| ! | 11/30/2025 17:51 |  Kingturtle | 7,579 | 73/100 |
| ! | 08/03/2025 18:52 | luukvdschepop | 738 | 75/100 |
| ! | 01/17/2025 15:02 | fabm0 | 7,010 | 58/100 |
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 has a Bayesian average rating of 63.1/100, a mean average of 61.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 61.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 20.8.
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Leonard 10/07/2015 06:36 | #151105
too plain!
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