The Way Up
by Pat Metheny Group
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Pat Metheny Group bestography
The Way Up is ranked 5th best out of 40 albums by Pat Metheny on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Pat Metheny is Offramp which is ranked number 4693 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 304.
(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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The Way Up track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Way Up rankings
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 5 hours ago).
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The Way Up ratings
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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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Showing latest 5 ratings for this album. | Show all 36 ratings for this album.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 06/07/2026 03:32 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,336 | 70/100 |
| ! | 04/17/2026 06:15 | duelek | 2,080 | 75/100 |
| ! | 01/08/2026 11:03 | Leginlists | 3,753 | 83/100 |
| ! | 08/30/2025 14:17 | TonySayers61 | 25,146 | 64/100 |
| ! | 04/19/2024 02:58 |  ScrumpyArbuckle | 1,131 | 78/100 |
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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 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.2/100, a mean average of 79.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.6.
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