Hat (studio album)
by The Nits
The Nits bestography
Hat is ranked 4th best out of 33 albums by The Nits on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Nits is Omsk which is ranked number 9295 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 130.
(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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Hat track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Hat rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 |  Leonard | Top 100 Music Albums of 1988 | 3/100 | 5 |
| 2025 | ThuramThugood | Netherlands (NL/NED) - Ranked | 19/47 | - |
| 2025 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 1988 | 87/100 | 1 |
| 2025 |  Norman Bates | Top 100 Music Albums of 1988 | 23/100 | 4 |
| 2024 | ThuramThugood | Ranked - Nits / The Nits (NL) - Ranked | 25/34 | - |
| 2019 |  bertrandu | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 42/100 | 12 |
| 2018 | bertrandu | Top 100 Music Albums of 1988 | 9/100 | 5 |
| 2018 | bertrandu | 1980s Indie Pop | 6/100 | - |
| 2018 | bertrandu | *All Time* Chamber Pop Albums | 26/100 | - |
| 2017 |  JoSt | Top 48 Music Albums of 1988 | 17/48 | 3 |
| 2016 | Coconut | Top 100 Music Albums of 1988 | 74/100 | 1 |
| 1988 | OOR | Jaarlijst Oor 1988 | 54/100 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 12 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 33 | |||
Hat collection
Hat 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.
Showing latest 5 ratings for this album. | Show all 11 ratings for this album.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 11/22/2023 14:12 | cicadelic | 11,405 | 73/100 |
| ! | 07/09/2023 16:05 | LosWochos | 46,643 | 75/100 |
| ! | 01/09/2023 01:51 | Moondance | 19,871 | 72/100 |
| ! | 01/17/2020 21:00 |  Maxence | 12,622 | 61/100 |
| ! | 06/09/2018 15:21 | TodFitz | 27,325 | 63/100 |
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 8% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.1/100, a mean average of 77.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 6.9.
Hat favourites
Showing all 3 members who have added this album as a favourite
Hat comments
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Leonard 05/28/2015 08:31 | #142538
Great Album - But a little too short!
Norman Bates 05/12/2012 13:57 | #42074
So sad to see I'm the only member to have added Nits as a favourite. Their impressionistic, low-key, sometimes almost silent sophisticated pop stands the test of time beautifully. Check out "The Dream" on this for instance.
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