Mistrial
by Lou Reed
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Lou Reed bestography
Mistrial is ranked 24th best out of 38 albums by Lou Reed on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Lou Reed is Transformer which is ranked number 145 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 9,276.
(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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Mistrial track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Mistrial rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | TroutMaskGreg | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 85/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | Juneof44 | Top 50 Music Albums of 1986 | 8/50 | 4 |
| 2026 | cronadigallina | Top 99 Music Albums of 1986 | 98/99 | 0 |
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 33 Music Albums of 1986 | 16/33 | 3 |
| 2026 | Olli | Top 100 Music Albums of 1986 | 45/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | TroutMaskGreg | Top 12 Music Albums of 1986 | 8/12 | 2 |
| 2026 | JamesMowbray | Top 100 Music Albums of 1986 | 86/100 | 1 |
| 2025 | asimpkins | Top 12 Music Albums of 1986 | 8/12 | 2 |
| 2025 | mostlymor | Top 100 Music Albums of 1986 | 38/100 | 3 |
| 2025 | asimpkins | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 58/100 | 9 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 19 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 44 | |||
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Mistrial 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 3 ratings for this album. | Show all 44 ratings for this album.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 09/13/2026 18:29 | TroutMaskGreg | 1,824 | 69/100 |
| ! | 04/14/2026 20:02 | Juneof44 | 2,626 | 69/100 |
| ! | 03/30/2026 03:05 |  Helios | 6,259 | 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 66.5/100, a mean average of 65.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 65.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.3.
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Brandon8 11/07/2017 04:52 | #200889
Lou had to get the 80s crap out of his system on this release before he could write the classic New York.
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