Messin'
by Manfred Mann's Earth Band
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Manfred Mann's Earth Band bestography
Messin' is ranked 17th 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 5626 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 245.
(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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Messin' track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Messin' rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 58 minutes ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 80 Music Albums of 1973 | 44/80 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Robert Anton Wilson | Top 44 Music Albums of 1973 | 38/44 | 1 |
| 2025 | spinout | top 35 music albums of 1973 | 23/35 | - |
| 2025 | Moondance | Dylan covers 9a: More US/UK 'Serial Offenders' | 89/100 | - |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | Top albums of 1973 (101 - 200) | 39/62 | - |
| 2024 | vruslov | Top 84 Music Albums of 1973 | 51/84 | 2 |
| 2022 | Steppenwolf666 | Collectable record labels The Vertigo Swirl label albums | 88/100 | - |
| 2020 | panapsal | 100 Pop-Rock albums of 1970, never in my collection | 99/100 | - |
| 2017 |  Ottokar | Top 35 Music Albums of 1973 | 23/35 | 2 |
| 2017 |  JoSt | Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 | 70/100 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 10 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 9 | |||
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Messin' 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 3 ratings for this album. | Show all 26 ratings for this album.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 3 hours ago | TonySayers61 | 25,824 | 64/100 |
| ! | 04/13/2026 21:39 | Deckard | 267 | 80/100 |
| ! | 03/19/2026 02:15 | videoheadcleaner | 12,359 | 85/100 |
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 is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.9/100, a mean average of 76.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.0.
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