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by Tom Verlaine
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Cover is ranked 4th best out of 12 albums by Tom Verlaine on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Tom Verlaine is Tom Verlaine which is ranked number 20462 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 51.
(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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Cover track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Cover rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 98 Music Albums of 1984 | 44/98 | 3 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 84 Music Albums of 1984 | 52/84 | 2 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 100 Music Albums of 1984 | 75/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Virgin on the brilliant | 57/57 | - |
| 2024 | cronadigallina | Top 99 Music Albums of 1984 | 64/99 | 2 |
| 2023 | cicadelic | Robert Christgau: Dean's List 1984 | 28/50 | - |
| 2022 | WayneMC | Top 75 Music Albums of 1984 | 51/75 | 2 |
| 2020 |  skelter54 | Top 40 Music Albums of 1984 | 36/40 | 1 |
| 2020 |  jnfbn | Top 100 Music Albums of 1984 | 84/100 | 1 |
| 2020 | Johnnyo | Delaware | 6/8 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 17 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 27 | |||
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Cover ratings
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av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 02/13/2026 22:53 | Pluto11 | 12,260 | 72/100 |
| ! | 01/13/2026 10:59 | Johnnyo | 9,919 | 77/100 |
| ! | 07/30/2025 14:11 | cicadelic | 13,830 | 73/100 |
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 70.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 9.7.
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An OK album but definitely nothing outstanding here. Not sure how often I’m going to be listening to this to be honest. (Edited)
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