World Of Skin (studio album)
by Swans
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Condition: Very Good
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Condition: Very Good
Swans bestography
World Of Skin is ranked 28th best out of 39 albums by Swans on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Swans is To Be Kind which is ranked number 258 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,331.
(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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World Of Skin track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
World Of Skin rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | ThuramThugood | Ranked - Swans (US) - Ranked | 29/39 | - |
| 2024 |  Arthurknight | Top 100 Music Albums of 1988 | 50/100 | 3 |
| 2020 | Red0510 | Top 20 Music Albums of 1988 | 4/20 | 4 |
| 2020 |  btener11 | Top 49 Music Albums of 1988 | 41/49 | 1 |
| 2017 | danwright252 | Top 99 Music Albums of the 1980s | 52/99 | 10 |
| 2016 | danwright252 | Top 12 Music Albums of 1988 | 3/12 | 4 |
| 2014 |  philbutrin | Top 54 Music Albums of 1988 | 47/54 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 7 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 22 | |||
World Of Skin collection
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World Of Skin 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 12 ratings for this album.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 07/28/2025 11:55 |  doombringer | 2,155 | 76/100 |
| ! | 11/12/2022 21:47 | Arthurknight | 9,595 | 72/100 |
| ! | 08/07/2022 11:55 | Sforge | 1,515 | 77/100 |
| ! | 11/14/2021 06:15 |  phantom1305 | 2,812 | 71/100 |
| ! | 10/24/2020 15:46 | Red0510 | 1,954 | 66/100 |
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 72.2/100, a mean average of 72.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 8.0.
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