Signs & Signifiers
by JD McPherson
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JD McPherson bestography
Signs & Signifiers is ranked 3rd best out of 5 albums by JD McPherson on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by JD McPherson is Undivided Heart & Soul which is ranked number 27136 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 34.
(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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Signs & Signifiers track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Signs & Signifiers rankings
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 4 hours ago).
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | cicadelic | Amazon Best Albums 2012 | 10/100 | - |
| 2020 | boppare | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 72/100 | 6 |
| 2020 | martintho | Top 88 Music Albums of 2010 | 48/88 | 2 |
| 2019 |  skelter54 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2010 | 43/100 | 3 |
| 2018 |  samistake2ice | Top 50 Music Albums of 2010 | 34/50 | 2 |
| 2012 | petrocks | Top 40 Greatest Music Albums | 6/40 | - |
| 2012 | Village Voice | Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2012 | 99/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 7 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 13 | |||
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Signs & Signifiers ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 06/14/2021 15:39 | Klipherd | 108 | 87/100 |
| ! | 06/16/2019 07:39 |  Dankel | 2,626 | 76/100 |
| ! | 04/30/2019 23:22 | martintho | 4,720 | 75/100 |
| ! | 03/26/2019 15:44 | skelter54 | 4,544 | 67/100 |
| ! | 02/15/2016 02:36 | Kroozer417 | 91 | 75/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 69.1/100, a mean average of 66.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 66.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 20.8.
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Secretly a great great album. A wonderful classic sound completely different from today's corporate music sound.
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