Swagger
by The Blue Aeroplanes
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Swagger is ranked as the best album by The Blue Aeroplanes.
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Swagger track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Swagger rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 7 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 1990 | 74/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Top 72 Music Albums of 1990 | 20/72 | 4 |
| 2026 | TroutMaskGreg | Top 12 Music Albums of 1990 | 12/12 | 0 |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 74 Music Albums of 1990 | 1/74 | 5 |
| 2026 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 1990 | 50/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Norman Bates | Top 100 Music Albums of 1990 | 80/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | dihansse | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 18/100 | 82 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 86 Music Albums of 1990 | 43/86 | 3 |
| 2025 | dihansse | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 12/100 | 18 |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | Top albums of the '90's (101 - 200) | 52/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 31 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 184 | |||
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Swagger ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 12/12/2025 19:17 | Tony58 | 744 | 72/100 |
| ! | 11/29/2025 04:17 |  Kingturtle | 7,579 | 73/100 |
| ! | 07/19/2024 23:00 | Robmc70 | 1,487 | 80/100 |
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 76.1/100, a mean average of 77.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.1.
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How did 'And Stones' pass this indie girl by in 1990? Brilliant track.
Fischman 04/08/2019 01:21 | #234622 | TOP COMMENT
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It's indie and all that, but it's got a little extra rhythmic interest than the usual indie band. There also seems to be a bit of a new wave hangover influencing the music on a few songs, which blends surprisingly well. This is an an album only a Brit band could do, and it's the best blend of UK sounds from the time.
And on top of the cool, crunchy guitars, there's an almost Knopfler-esque understated complexity pervading both the lyrical and musical meter of the music. Quite cool.
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