Quit Dreaming And Get On The Beam
by Bill Nelson
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Bill Nelson bestography
Quit Dreaming And Get On The Beam is ranked 4th best out of 27 albums by Bill Nelson on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Bill Nelson is Chimera which is ranked number 17467 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 64.
(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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Quit Dreaming And Get On The Beam track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Quit Dreaming And Get On The Beam rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 85 Music Albums of 1981 | 19/85 | 4 |
| 2026 |  MadhattanJack | Top 100 Music Albums of 1981 | 47/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 97 Music Albums of 1981 | 50/97 | 2 |
| 2025 | mostlymor | Top 100 Music Albums of 1981 | 76/100 | 1 |
| 2025 | mostlymor | 1981 (Listening Project Part 1) | 60/100 | - |
| 2022 | emptysquares | Top 42 Music Albums of 1981 | 22/42 | 3 |
| 2012 |  lancashirearab | Top 43 Music Albums of 1981 | 14/43 | 3 |
| 1981 | OOR | Jaarlijst Oor 1981 | 63/100 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 8 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 18 | |||
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Quit Dreaming And Get On The Beam ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 09/09/2024 03:02 | Skerns | 5,222 | 80/100 |
| ! | 07/02/2022 04:30 | MadhattanJack | 6,058 | 66/100 |
| ! | 09/21/2020 00:11 | BorderFreeAndrew | 15,759 | 74/100 |
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 69.8/100, a mean average of 68.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 68.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.8.
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neilgee 08/31/2025 04:41 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) neilgee 07/16/2022 04:40 in What album are you listening to right now?Quit Dreaming And Get On The Beam comments
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JulianR TOP 100 COMMENTER 02/09/2018 04:54 | #207452
huh. an odd mix of prog, synthpop, and the kind of art-pop that bowie/eno were putting out in the late 70's and early 80's
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