Valley Of Rain (studio album)
by Giant Sand
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Giant Sand bestography
Valley Of Rain is ranked 5th best out of 27 albums by Giant Sand on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Giant Sand is Chore Of Enchantment which is ranked number 11399 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 102.
(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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Valley Of Rain track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Valley Of Rain rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 |  dihansse | Top 45 Music Albums of 1985 | 25/45 | 2 |
| 2025 | cicadelic | Top 100 Music Albums of 1985 | 39/100 | 3 |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | Top 90 Music Albums of 1985 | 12/90 | 4 |
| 2025 |  Repo | Top 100 Music Albums of 1985 | 31/100 | 4 |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 100/100 | 0 |
| 2025 | fabm0 | List 1985 | 94/100 | - |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | Fire Records: The First 40 Years | 65/77 | - |
| 2024 | Johnnyo | Arizona | 4/74 | - |
| 2024 | TonyF12345 | Top 59 Music Albums of 1985 | 21/59 | 3 |
| 2023 | henrygreen0203 | Top 37 Music Albums of 1985 | 24/37 | 2 |
| 2023 | Johnnyo | Howe Gelb | 4/29 | - |
| 2020 | cronadigallina | Top 97 Music Albums of 1985 | 87/97 | 1 |
| 2017 |  NoisyBeast | Top 2000 Albums of the 1980s... # 201-300 | 65/100 | - |
| 2017 |  ERadio | Top 40 Music Albums of 1985 | 15/40 | 3 |
| 2016 | NoisyBeast | Top 100 Music Albums of 1985 | 30/100 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 15 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 26 | |||
Valley Of Rain collection
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Valley Of Rain ratings
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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 14 ratings for this album.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 11/14/2025 14:29 |  CaptainPain | 3,273 | 61/100 |
| ! | 09/07/2024 19:59 | dihansse | 6,222 | 75/100 |
| ! | 09/29/2023 08:08 | fabm0 | 6,506 | 59/100 |
| ! | 06/04/2022 00:42 | dhbarrett | 8,211 | 65/100 |
| ! | 07/18/2021 03:16 | RioBravo | 183 | 80/100 |
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 72.0/100, a mean average of 71.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.3.
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