The Prosthetic Cubans
by Marc Ribot
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The Prosthetic Cubans is ranked as the best album by Marc Ribot.
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The Prosthetic Cubans track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Prosthetic Cubans 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 | PurpleHazel | Top 30 Music Albums of 1998 | 25/30 | 1 |
| 2026 | martintho | Top 42 Music Albums of 1998 | 19/42 | 3 |
| 2026 |  sssvnnn | Tom Club (Waits`favs+sound-alikes) | 17/100 | - |
| 2026 | sssvnnn | Top 80 Music Albums of 1998 | 14/80 | 4 |
| 2025 | mostlymor | Top 70 Music Albums of 1998 | 47/70 | 2 |
| 2023 | cicadelic | Robert Christgau: Dean's List 1998 | 22/82 | - |
| 2022 | thekrauter | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 23/100 | 16 |
| 2022 | platus | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 90/100 | 7 |
| 2020 |  SingingPeasant96 | RYM chart : Played Out...Unoriginal...Unintere... by Music_Party | 89/99 | - |
| 2018 |  bertrandu | Top 100 Music Albums of 1998 | 60/100 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 13 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 38 | |||
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The Prosthetic Cubans ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 04/27/2024 20:30 | BorderFreeAndrew | 15,736 | 74/100 |
| ! | 01/25/2023 19:39 |  TheDude85 | 9,536 | 83/100 |
| ! | 02/14/2021 22:32 | LosWochos | 47,548 | 75/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.1/100, a mean average of 73.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.4.
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