Telling Stories
by Tracy Chapman
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Tracy Chapman bestography
Telling Stories is ranked 5th best out of 10 albums by Tracy Chapman on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Tracy Chapman is Tracy Chapman which is ranked number 419 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,998.
(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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Telling Stories track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Telling Stories rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum year 2000 | 59/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 94 Music Albums of 2000 | 58/94 | 2 |
| 2025 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 2000 | 87/100 | 1 |
| 2025 | fabm0 | List 2000 | 61/100 | - |
| 2025 | joathome | Top 58 Music Albums of 2000 | 43/58 | 1 |
| 2025 |  Leonard | Top 100 Music Albums of 2000 | 58/100 | 2 |
| 2023 |  nocturnaldelight | Top 99 Greatest Music Albums | 86/99 | 11 |
| 2023 |  MW19704U | Top 100 Music Albums of 2000 | 64/100 | 2 |
| 2023 |  TheDude85 | Undiscovered (By Many) Singer/Songwriters | 8/93 | - |
| 2022 | salvador | Top 7 Music Albums of 2000 | 7/7 | 1 |
| 2020 |  jnfbn | Top 100 Music Albums of 2000 | 77/100 | 1 |
| 2019 | nocturnaldelight | Top 13 Music Albums of the 2000s | 7/13 | 11 |
| 2016 |  lightmyway | Top 60 Music Albums of 2000 | 59/60 | 0 |
| 2016 |  Eastwood | Top 100 Music Albums of 2000 | 57/100 | 2 |
| 2014 |  Vaggelis | Top 100 Music Albums of 2000 | 70/100 | 2 |
| 2000 | Buscadero | Critics Poll 2000 | 58/67 | 1 |
| 2000 | Heaven Magazine | Eindlijst Heaven 2000 | 56/100 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 17 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 38 | |||
Telling Stories collection
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Telling Stories 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 25 ratings for this album.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/13/2025 17:32 |  Kingturtle | 7,533 | 73/100 | |
| 12/08/2023 09:59 | fabm0 | 6,859 | 59/100 | |
| 03/19/2023 11:48 | MW19704U | 6,990 | 59/100 | |
| 02/06/2023 09:31 | Moondance | 20,102 | 72/100 | |
| 01/03/2023 20:52 | MickLord | 3,967 | 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 72.2/100, a mean average of 72.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.2.
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Brad1770 12/29/2017 23:11 | #204108
Telling Stories was released in 2000 and would be TC’s album number 5 a full 12 years since her incredible debut broke on a global scale. Telling Stories is her best album since that debut with a richer more lush production and great lyrics. If you’re looking to dig deeper into Chapman’s catalogue I would strongly recommend you start here with Telling Stories, it’s a really solid album.
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