Beams
by Matthew Dear
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Matthew Dear bestography
Beams is ranked as the best album by Matthew Dear.
(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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Beams track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Beams 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 | cicadelic | Benzine Top Albums 2012 : Le choix de la rédaction | 2/10 | - |
| 2026 |  ERadio | Top 35 Music Albums of 2012 | 26/35 | 1 |
| 2025 | OFarrio | Top 42 Music Albums of 2012 | 7/42 | 4 |
| 2025 | skrapoel | Top 40 Music Albums of 2012 | 3/40 | 5 |
| 2025 |  Norman Bates | Top 100 Music Albums of 2012 | 74/100 | 1 |
| 2025 | skrapoel | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 37/100 | 13 |
| 2025 | PapaShiz86 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2012 | 70/100 | 2 |
| 2024 |  EyeKanFly | AM Bubbling Under 2010s 14 | 16/100 | - |
| 2022 |  Mercury | Top 43 Music Albums of 2012 | 35/43 | 1 |
| 2022 | iamthewalrus | Top 50 Music Albums of 2012 | 20/50 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 30 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 88 | |||
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Beams 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).
AV = the site mean average rating.
Showing latest 3 ratings for this album. | Show all 17 ratings for this album.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 02/15/2024 01:44 | PapaShiz86 | 11,813 | 79/100 |
| ! | 11/12/2022 23:02 |  Arthurknight | 9,584 | 72/100 |
| ! | 03/16/2021 13:35 | Norman Bates | 10,211 | 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 7% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.4/100, a mean average of 77.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.9.
Beams forum mentions
Norman Bates 05/10/2015 08:01 in What album are you listening to right now?Beams comments
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