Bright Magic
by Public Service Broadcasting
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Public Service Broadcasting bestography
Bright Magic is ranked 4th best out of 8 albums by Public Service Broadcasting on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Public Service Broadcasting is Inform - Educate - Entertain which is ranked number 5102 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 274.
(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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Bright Magic track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 74 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Bright Magic rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Albums of the year 2021 by Piccadilly Records | 29/55 | - |
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 100 Music Albums of 2021 | 10/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | wizardalien | Top 6 Music Albums of 2021 | 6/6 | 1 |
| 2026 | videoheadcleaner | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2020s | 53/100 | 10 |
| 2026 | TroutMaskGreg | Top 57 Music Albums of 2021 | 55/57 | 0 |
| 2025 | TastyandTemptin | Top 26 Music Albums of 2021 | 12/26 | 3 |
| 2025 |  Igtonumama | Future Listens 3 | 11/100 | - |
| 2024 | Steppenwolf666 | 2021 2nd chart | 47/100 | - |
| 2023 | Johnnyo | Albums of the year 2021 - Mojo magazine | 49/75 | - |
| 2023 | FieryGunHand | Top 50 Music Albums of 2021 | 12/50 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 22 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 48 | |||
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Bright Magic 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 06/10/2026 16:38 | wizardalien | 898 | 48/100 |
| ! | 08/14/2025 21:59 | LosWochos | 47,529 | 75/100 |
| ! | 10/08/2024 23:09 | fabberz | 743 | 86/100 |
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 71.8/100, a mean average of 71.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.2.
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Bright Magic comments
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Not quite sure what this album is supposed to be. I loved their first three albums, where there was often a theme and instrumentals were played with public service broadcasts. This album is a complete departure from that, and it doesn't work for me. I do like Blue Heaven, People Let's Dance and Gib mir das licht - but the rest is so boring. Really disappointing follow-up to their first three albums. I hope they go back to the old formula for future releases
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