Solar Fire
by Manfred Mann's Earth Band
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Manfred Mann's Earth Band bestography
Solar Fire is ranked 4th best out of 36 albums by Manfred Mann on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Manfred Mann is Nightingales And Bombers which is ranked number 5555 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 247.
(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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Solar Fire track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Solar Fire rankings
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 5 hours ago).
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Solar Fire 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 |
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| ! | 04/13/2026 21:40 | Deckard | 267 | 80/100 |
| ! | 01/15/2026 13:58 | Leginlists | 3,719 | 83/100 |
| ! | 12/30/2025 05:18 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,150 | 70/100 |
| ! | 09/14/2025 11:27 | acoustic-horn | 245 | 76/100 |
| ! | 05/12/2024 22:15 | BorderFreeAndrew | 15,666 | 74/100 |
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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 75.8/100, a mean average of 75.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.1.
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1st 4 albums - masterpieces ??
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I discovered this album while doing research into Dylan covers ~ the way MMEB take Dylan's shortest song (under 1m 30s) and turn it into a 9m 55s classic is a masterpiece. I have added this version of the song onto my 'top 100 Dylan covers' chart.
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