The Overview
by Steven Wilson
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Steven Wilson bestography
The Overview is ranked 9th best out of 45 albums by Steven Wilson on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Steven Wilson is Hand. Cannot. Erase. which is ranked number 585 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,898.
(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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The Overview track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Overview rankings
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 4 hours ago).
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The Overview 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 |
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| ! | 02/19/2026 09:17 |  jeremy9 | 3,738 | 70/100 |
| ! | 02/01/2026 03:05 | Crackman | 107 | 36/100 |
| ! | 01/23/2026 16:48 | hebbo137 | 199 | 79/100 |
| ! | 01/02/2026 20:21 |  dihansse | 6,356 | 75/100 |
| ! | 12/29/2025 19:17 | mutant | 1,671 | 56/100 |
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.3/100, a mean average of 71.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.4.
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doombringer 03/18/2025 09:57 | #308084
After hearing it now for the fifth time i still have mixed feelings . It's definitely not a bad album , but it's not a great one either. I'm torn between . It is a step backwards from ''The Harmony Codex'' but waaayy better than ''The Future bites'' . (my opinion)
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