Sextant
by Herbie Hancock
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Herbie Hancock bestography
Sextant is ranked 4th best out of 42 albums by Herbie Hancock on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Herbie Hancock is Head Hunters which is ranked number 518 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,354.
(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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Sextant track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Sextant rankings
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Sextant 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).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| 01/04/2026 20:01 |  LukasAntoine00s | 383 | 80/100 | |
| 12/06/2025 08:41 | Exist-en-ciel | 7,704 | 70/100 | |
| 09/23/2025 22:42 | SammyC33 | 66 | 86/100 | |
| 05/10/2025 11:27 | cicadelic | 12,062 | 73/100 | |
| 03/19/2025 16:06 | dukeboxkool | 2,090 | 72/100 |
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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 is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 79.5/100, a mean average of 79.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.4.
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Sextant comments
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Fischman 01/07/2019 18:45 | #229244
This is another one of Herbie's middle period challenging (long composition) records, but ohhhh, so worth it.
JulianR 11/10/2017 00:24 | #201092
This blew me away first listen. No way it was released in '73
Interesting album from Herbie Hancock. Loose and forward thinking and sounding extremely fresh today. Great chill out stuff.
poppmusic 12/01/2015 21:10 | #153765
Best track: Rain Dance
Incredible jazz fusion sounds like it was made yesterday, not 45 years ago.
kinglyostrich 06/18/2014 16:08 | #114672
I love me some Herbie.
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