Contours
by Sam Rivers
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Sam Rivers bestography
Contours is ranked 3rd best out of 15 albums by Sam Rivers on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Sam Rivers is Crystals which is ranked number 9157 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 134.
(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).
Contours rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Glitterboiii | Top 50 Music Albums of 1965 | 43/50 | - |
| 2026 | PurpleHazel | Top 39 Music Albums of 1965 | 10/39 | - |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Top 100 Music Albums of 1967 | 52/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | PurpleHazel | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 76/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  baystateoftheart | Top 80 Music Albums of 1967 | 39/80 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1967 | 18/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | RockyRaccoon | Jazz #201-300 | 50/100 | - |
| 2026 | stangetzaway | Top 29 Music Albums of 1967 | 23/29 | 1 |
| 2025 | dukeboxkool | Top 100 Music Albums of 1967 | 95/100 | 0 |
| 2025 | TodFitz | Top 100 Music Albums of 1967 | 66/100 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 25 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 65 | |||
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Contours ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 06/02/2026 15:25 |  EyeKanFly | 8,985 | 65/100 |
| ! | 03/11/2026 03:21 | stangetzaway | 2,324 | 83/100 |
| ! | 12/30/2025 15:51 | alexandermause | 1,590 | 86/100 |
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(*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 77.1/100, a mean average of 79.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.4.
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Jboy56 11/27/2022 16:31 in What album are you listening to right now? baystateoftheart 10/11/2018 03:16 in You must listen to the album below you.Contours comments
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Jboy56 11/27/2022 16:30 | #291595
Meditative and moody. Interesting.
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