Newly Sentient Being
by Swans
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Swans bestography
Newly Sentient Being is ranked 22nd best out of 40 albums by Swans on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Swans is To Be Kind which is ranked number 262 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,065.
(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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Newly Sentient Being track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Newly Sentient Being rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Swans/Gira: So Far.. | 6/32 | - |
| 2026 | stangetzaway | Top 23 Music Albums of 2026 | 15/23 | 2 |
| 2026 | Elauqsapid | Top 24 Music Albums of 2026 | 18/24 | 1 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 96 Music Albums of 2026 | 7/96 | 4 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 69 Music Albums of the 2020s | 20/69 | 14 |
| 2026 |  neilgee | Sock Puppet Nirvana | 49/65 | - |
| 2026 | LosWochos | Top 97 Music Albums of the 2020s | 54/97 | 9 |
| 2026 | AAL2014 | Top 4 Music Albums of 2026 | 1/4 | 4 |
| 2026 | LosWochos | Top 79 Music Albums of 2026 | 2/79 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 9 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 38 | |||
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Newly Sentient Being 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 5 days ago | stangetzaway | 2,339 | 83/100 |
| ! | 5 days ago | JamesMowbray | 5,729 | 69/100 |
| ! | 10/12/2026 20:27 | luukvdschepop | 794 | 75/100 |
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 is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.0/100, a mean average of 79.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 9.2.
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