Shape Shifter
by Santana
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Santana bestography
Shape Shifter is ranked 22nd best out of 61 albums by Carlos Santana on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Carlos Santana is Abraxas which is ranked number 484 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,522.
(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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Shape Shifter track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Shape Shifter rankings
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 2 hours ago).
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 2012 | 72/100 | 1 |
| 2025 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 2012 | 54/100 | 2 |
| 2025 |  jeremy9 | Top 81 Music Albums of 2012 | 9/81 | 5 |
| 2024 |  VikaGatling | Top 72 Music Albums of the 2010s | 38/72 | 10 |
| 2023 |  TheDude85 | Top 73 Music Albums of 2012 | 43/73 | 2 |
| 2021 | jeremy9 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 44/100 | 11 |
| 2015 | rubb3r50ul | Top 40 Greatest Music Albums | 40/40 | - |
| 2014 | blackblui | Top 40 Greatest Music Albums | 40/40 | - |
| 2014 | janiesgun | Top 40 Greatest Music Albums | 30/40 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 9 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 32 | |||
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Shape Shifter 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 09/16/2025 13:07 | Tamthebam | 23,116 | 69/100 |
| ! | 03/26/2025 22:37 | PapaShiz86 | 11,548 | 79/100 |
| ! | 10/20/2024 18:37 | Fischman | 11,857 | 66/100 |
| ! | 07/06/2024 17:13 |  MagicSix | 1,051 | 60/100 |
| ! | 07/11/2023 18:25 | jeremy9 | 3,740 | 70/100 |
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 72.1/100, a mean average of 72.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.7.
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Back to Santana roots. Great album.
Lots of mediocre instrumental songs. Seems a little uninspired. You could do much better listening to Jeff Beck if you want some nice background music
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