Rain On Lens
by Smog
Smog bestography
Rain On Lens is ranked 16th best out of 27 albums by Bill Callahan on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Bill Callahan is Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle which is ranked number 1948 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 848.
(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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Rain On Lens track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Rain On Lens rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 100 Music Albums of 2001 | 58/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Norman Bates | Top 100 Music Albums of 2001 | 31/100 | 4 |
| 2025 |  PatrickD | Greatest Bill Callahan Albums | 14/24 | - |
| 2025 |  desh79 | Top 99 Music Albums of 2001 | 70/99 | 2 |
| 2025 | Juneof44 | Top 50 Music Albums of 2001 | 14/50 | 4 |
| 2024 | sonicdiscourse | 2001 To-Do List | 73/75 | - |
| 2023 | cmoshier | Top 100 Music Albums of 2001 | 24/100 | 4 |
| 2022 |  TheDude85 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2001 | 20/100 | 4 |
| 2020 |  jnfbn | Top 100 Music Albums of 2001 | 35/100 | 3 |
| 2019 | PatrickD | Top 100 Music Albums of 2001 | 60/100 | 2 |
| 2018 | clarkejames94 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 82/100 | 4 |
| 2017 | clarkejames94 | Top 15 Music Albums of 2001 | 6/15 | 3 |
| 2017 | PatrickD | Greatest Drag City Records Albums | 52/99 | - |
| 2017 |  fractaljazz | Top 41 Music Albums of 2001 | 10/41 | 4 |
| 2014 |  Joao74 | Top 47 Music Albums of 2001 | 24/47 | 3 |
| 2014 | Joao74 | 2000's (101-200) | 63/100 | - |
| 2001 | Iguana | Albums Of The Year 2001 | 85/99 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 17 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 38 | |||
Rain On Lens collection
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Rain On Lens 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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Showing latest 5 ratings for this album. | Show all 14 ratings for this album.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02/05/2024 22:03 |  NoisyBeast | 13,316 | 74/100 | |
| 10/28/2020 17:24 |  covecove | 6,571 | 73/100 | |
| 04/30/2020 13:05 | tom6011 | 287 | 81/100 | |
| 09/23/2019 15:40 | TheDude85 | 9,536 | 83/100 | |
| 06/21/2019 04:26 |  Tamthebam | 23,026 | 69/100 |
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 77.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.6.
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