The Octopus
by Amplifier
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The Octopus is ranked as the best album by Amplifier.
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The Octopus track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Octopus rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | mikepen | Top 32 Music Albums of 2011 | 32/32 | 0 |
| 2026 | MasterOfPuppets | Top 85 Music Albums of the 2010s | 1/85 | 20 |
| 2026 | MasterOfPuppets | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 23/100 | 73 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Rock First Best Albums 2011 | 57/65 | - |
| 2024 |  EyeKanFly | AM Bubbling Under 2010s 16 | 19/32 | - |
| 2024 | MasterOfPuppets | Top 11 Music Albums of 2011 | 1/11 | 5 |
| 2023 | FieryGunHand | Top 50 Music Albums of 2011 | 1/50 | 5 |
| 2022 | gussteivi | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 73/100 | 6 |
| 2020 |  CellarDoor | Top 100 Music Albums of 2011 | 96/100 | 0 |
| 2020 | cronadigallina | Top 96 Music Albums of 2011 | 52/96 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 25 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 183 | |||
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The Octopus 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 04/08/2026 02:47 | SethGunde | 368 | 73/100 |
| ! | 06/29/2025 23:41 | dhbarrett | 8,746 | 65/100 |
| ! | 02/04/2024 20:38 | TonySayers61 | 25,473 | 64/100 |
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 16% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.0/100, a mean average of 72.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.7.
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BestEverAlbums 08/29/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5419): By MasterOfPuppetsThe Octopus comments
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Rock reinvented. Great guitar-only prog rock album. Minion's song, planet of insects and interstellar are the top tracks. The latter provided the highlight of my gig-going last year (2011)
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