Amnesia
by Richard Thompson
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Richard Thompson bestography
Amnesia is ranked 5th best out of 42 albums by Richard Thompson on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Richard Thompson is Mirror Blue which is ranked number 5032 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 278.
(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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Amnesia track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Amnesia 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 | PurpleHazel | Top 51 Music Albums of 1988 | 33/51 | 2 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Q magazine Recordings Of The Year 1988 | 47/50 | - |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 83 Music Albums of 1988 | 14/83 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Repo | Top 87 Music Albums of 1988 | 67/87 | 1 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 100 Music Albums of 1988 | 46/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  sssvnnn | Top 81 Music Albums of 1988 | 11/81 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1988 | 89/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1988 | 58/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 1988 | 23/100 | 4 |
| 2025 | Moondance | 1980's: albums 101 - 200 | 58/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 37 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 127 | |||
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Amnesia ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 03/26/2026 13:47 | Pluto11 | 12,278 | 72/100 |
| ! | 08/10/2025 05:35 |  Kingturtle | 7,579 | 73/100 |
| ! | 08/04/2024 14:22 | Skerns | 5,215 | 80/100 |
Rating metrics:
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album is rated in the top 6% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.4/100, a mean average of 74.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.3.
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ExTeaSea 11/12/2019 15:48 in Most unfamiliar with 87, 88 and 89. Rare recommendations?Amnesia comments
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Hey it's not bad. A great and innovative guitarist searching for his sound. The best however was yet to come.
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