Illumination
by The Pastels
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The Pastels bestography
Illumination is ranked 6th best out of 9 albums by The Pastels on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Pastels is Up For A Bit With The Pastels which is ranked number 5657 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 241.
(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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Illumination track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Illumination rankings
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 3 hours ago).
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 90 Music Albums of 1997 | 74/90 | 1 |
| 2026 | Rm12398 | Top 39 Music Albums of 1997 | 30/39 | 1 |
| 2024 |  Arthurknight | Top 100 Music Albums of 1997 | 94/100 | 0 |
| 2024 | Johnnyo | Greatest alums of the 90's (101 - 200) by U R C | 65/100 | - |
| 2023 | cmoshier | Top 100 Music Albums of 1997 | 71/100 | 2 |
| 2022 | Arthurknight | Shoegaze / Dream-Pop | 86/100 | - |
| 2021 |  pa | Top 59 Music Albums of 1997 | 18/59 | 4 |
| 2017 |  fractaljazz | Top 44 Music Albums of 1997 | 41/44 | 0 |
| 2012 |  lancashirearab | Top 35 Music Albums of 1997 | 3/35 | 5 |
| 2012 | lancashirearab | Best Scottish Albums | 5/100 | - |
| 2012 | lancashirearab | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 89/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 11 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 13 | |||
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Illumination 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.
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 11/10/2022 00:57 | Arthurknight | 9,590 | 72/100 |
| ! | 04/30/2021 16:55 | markc19 | 1,762 | 87/100 |
| ! | 04/26/2021 05:53 |  drstuey | 2,706 | 73/100 |
| ! | 10/22/2018 09:08 | fredyk | 445 | 69/100 |
| ! | 10/27/2017 07:26 | LittleM1971 | 5,975 | 81/100 |
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 has a Bayesian average rating of 70.8/100, a mean average of 69.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 69.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.0.
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lancashirearab 06/23/2012 06:51 | #45114
This is such a great album. I love having Aggi singing. I only managed to see them live once and it was long before this album. I can remember having a Pastels badge on my denim jacket pocket.
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