Contours
by Sam Rivers
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Sam Rivers bestography
Contours is ranked 2nd best out of 15 albums by Sam Rivers on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Sam Rivers is Streams which is ranked number 15259 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 74.
(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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Contours track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Contours 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.
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| 5 days ago | stangetzaway | 2,216 | 84/100 | |
| 12/30/2025 15:51 | alexandermause | 1,555 | 86/100 | |
| 10/25/2025 15:41 | Elauqsapid | 2,720 | 64/100 | |
| 07/18/2025 01:18 |  RockyRaccoon | 6,889 | 84/100 | |
| 06/09/2025 14:46 | replacementlevel | 7,724 | 70/100 |
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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 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.4/100, a mean average of 79.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.4.
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Jboy56 11/27/2022 16:30 | #291595
Meditative and moody. Interesting.
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