Secrets Of The Beehive (studio album) by David Sylvian
Top albums of 1987 (David Sylvian bestography
Secrets Of The Beehive is ranked as the best album by David Sylvian.
Upcoming concerts
Listen to Secrets Of The Beehive on YouTube
Secrets Of The Beehive track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
0
Top-rated track as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members.
Secrets Of The Beehive rankings
Latest 20 charts that this album appears in:
Leonard
Romanelli
videoheadcleaner
cestuneblague
sssvnnn
Norman Bates
imacgill
MadhattanJack
Patman360You can include this album in your own chart from the My Charts page!
Secrets Of The Beehive collection
Showing latest 20 members who have this album in their collection | Show all 70 members
Secrets Of The Beehive ratings
where:
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 5 ratings for this album. | Show all 182 ratings for this album.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
90/100  | 01/03/2025 11:19 | DavideBerna | | 74/100 |
75/100 | 12/01/2024 11:54 | Jboy69 | | 79/100 |
65/100 | 11/10/2024 09:08 | dukeboxkool | | 73/100 |
85/100 | 10/18/2024 22:56 | Banner | | 80/100 |
70/100 | 09/17/2024 09:50 |  Dingerbell | | 62/100 |
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 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.8/100, a mean average of 77.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.2.
Please log in or register if you want to be able to leave a rating
Secrets Of The Beehive favourites
Showing latest 20 members who have added this album as a favourite | Show all 27 members
Secrets Of The Beehive comments
Showing all 9 comments |
Most Helpful First | Newest First | Maximum Rated First |
Longest Comments First
(Only showing comments with -2 votes or higher. You can alter this threshold from your profile page. Manage Profile)
While smooth and easy to listen to, this album passes by without a true highlight. Vocally, it is okay but nothing special. Can only really point to “Orpheus” as any form of highlight. It somehow manages to make thirty five minutes drag which is quite an achievement. It is smooth music for background listening but nothing more.
Graeme2 01/31/2021 00:16
There's a whiff of pretention about this. But it stays on just the right side for me and sounds lovely. One I'll be listening to at night when I'm alone in that house looking at the hills through the massive window, in amongst the jazz and folk and the log fire burning. Single malt or wine, I'm easy. And Orpheus is just wonderful. Let the happiness in, ha.
The most consolidated album of David Sylvian's solo career. An unique album in its kind. No two sound like this.
Dreamy, low-fi, downscaled, sensible and beautiful. The opposite of wailing.
This comment is beneath your viewing threshold.
My favorite songs : Maria....Orpheus.....Waterfront....Mother and child....September
Sylvian, surrounded by a wealth of musical talent, makes his most accomplished album. Top quality.
Decent to have in the background.
Like an uplifting post Tilt Scott Walker album. Lovely sounds!
Please log in or register if you want to be able to add a comment
Your feedback for Secrets Of The Beehive
A lot of hard work happens in the background to keep BEA running, and it's especially difficult to do this when we can't pay our hosting fees :(
We work very hard to ensure our site is as fast (and FREE!) as possible, and we respect your privacy.