Drastic Measures
by Kansas
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Kansas bestography
Drastic Measures is ranked 16th best out of 29 albums by Kansas on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Kansas is Leftoverture which is ranked number 1803 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 941.
(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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Drastic Measures track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Drastic Measures rankings
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 1 hour ago).
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1983 | 52/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 100 Music Albums of 1983 | 10/100 | 5 |
| 2025 | svk4ever | Top 50 Music Albums of 1983 | 30/50 | 2 |
| 2024 | stevengnz | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 61/100 | 8 |
| 2023 |  phantom1305 | Top 40 Music Albums of 1983 | 35/40 | 1 |
| 2020 | Fischman | Kansas Albums Ranked | 14/15 | - |
| 2019 | ReelBigToph | Top 100 Music Albums of 1983 | 88/100 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 7 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 19 | |||
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Drastic Measures 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 02/20/2026 14:25 |  MetalMan67 | 6,150 | 71/100 |
| ! | 08/21/2025 04:45 |  zags7000 | 20,500 | 64/100 |
| ! | 03/18/2023 20:53 | phantom1305 | 2,812 | 71/100 |
| ! | 10/08/2022 13:13 | RemainInLight | 3,568 | 35/100 |
| ! | 07/28/2022 17:08 | svk4ever | 1,566 | 76/100 |
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 61.4/100, a mean average of 56.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 56.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.0.
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Fischman 12/12/2016 22:38 | #180002
The second of Kansas' two generic sounding AOR albums. More radio friendly than prog. The presence of Steve Walsh is sorely missed here.
Best Track: Fight Fire With Fire
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