Captain Swing
by Michelle Shocked
Listen & Collect
Complete your collection or upgrade your listening experience.
Michelle Shocked bestography
Captain Swing is ranked 4th best out of 12 albums by Michelle Shocked on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Michelle Shocked is Short Sharp Shocked which is ranked number 6503 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 204.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
Listen to Captain Swing on YouTube
Captain Swing track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Captain Swing rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 87 Music Albums of 1989 | 76/87 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1989 | 40/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 100 Music Albums of 1989 | 39/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Leonard | Top 100 Music Albums of 1989 | 18/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 100 Music Albums of 1989 | 95/100 | 0 |
| 2024 | Johnnyo | Top albums of all time by female artists (200 - 300) | 42/87 | - |
| 2024 | Johnnyo | Texas | 71/100 | - |
| 2022 | salvador | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 91/100 | 2 |
| 2022 | salvador | Top 24 Music Albums of 1989 | 15/24 | 2 |
| 2022 |  drstuey | Top 17 Music Albums of 1989 | 13/17 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 17 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 24 | |||
Captain Swing collection
Showing all 11 members who have this album in their collection
Captain Swing 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 16 ratings for this album.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 05/25/2026 19:53 | traistboar | 1,809 | 79/100 |
| ! | 10/14/2022 17:25 | LosWochos | 47,545 | 75/100 |
| ! | 12/25/2021 16:07 | salvador | 1,460 | 81/100 |
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 70.1/100, a mean average of 68.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 68.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.8.
Captain Swing forum mentions
jackup 01/19/2023 16:09 in What album are you listening to right now?Captain Swing comments
The top-voted comments get featured on our charts, Album of the Day, and the site newsletter.
