Approaching Normal
by Blue October
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Blue October bestography
Approaching Normal is ranked 5th best out of 14 albums by Blue October on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Blue October is Foiled which is ranked number 5645 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 242.
(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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Approaching Normal track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Approaching Normal rankings
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 5 hours ago).
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | DJStuart79 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2009 | 62/100 | 2 |
| 2022 |  Cabrones | Top 70 Music Albums of 2009 | 65/70 | 0 |
| 2018 |  lightmyway | Top 42 Music Albums of 2009 | 30/42 | 2 |
| 2014 |  benpaco | Top 26 Music Albums of 2009 | 10/26 | 3 |
| 2013 | dardar63 | Top 40 Greatest Music Albums | 15/40 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 5 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 7 | |||
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Approaching Normal 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 18 ratings for this album.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 08/01/2025 03:18 | PapaShiz86 | 11,529 | 79/100 |
| ! | 02/08/2025 22:50 |  zags7000 | 20,526 | 64/100 |
| ! | 12/25/2023 01:08 | LosWochos | 47,309 | 75/100 |
| ! | 09/14/2023 14:41 |  MetalMan67 | 6,151 | 71/100 |
| ! | 02/07/2023 13:57 | DrewHamster | 2,041 | 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 has a Bayesian average rating of 60.4/100, a mean average of 53.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 53.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 21.1.
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benpaco 09/29/2013 02:08 | #87134
I don't really know what to give this album. I could not get into it for the LONGEST time, because I just didn't like it. But then I finally sat through the whole thing and got to the final 5 tracks. If they released the last 5 tracks as an EP, it would be one of my favorite releases of any band I know of. They're just hidden behind a wall of crap that's hard to get past ... I don't really know how to rate this album as a result.
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