Play (live album) by Magazine
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Condition: Very Good
Magazine bestography
Play is ranked 5th best out of 8 albums by Magazine on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Magazine is Real Life which is ranked number 1082 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,619.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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All 14 charts that this album appears in:
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Marswolf68 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 39/100 | 12 |
| 2025 | mostlymor | 1980 Part 3 | 23/27 | - |
| 2025 |  craola | Top 20 Music Albums of 1980 | 19/20 | 1 |
| 2025 |  Norman Bates | Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 | 56/100 | 2 |
| 2025 |  MadhattanJack | Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 | 62/100 | 2 |
| 2024 |  Goliath | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 92/100 | 2 |
| 2023 |  desh79 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 | 10/100 | 5 |
| 2022 |  Paule | Top 99 Music Albums of the 1980s | 58/99 | 8 |
| 2020 | Goliath | Greatest Live Albums | 25/26 | - |
| 2020 |  CharlieBarley | Top 95 Music Albums of 1980 | 95/95 | 0 |
| 2020 | Goliath | Top 17 Music Albums of 1980 | 16/17 | 1 |
| 2020 |  NickVolos | Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 | 49/100 | 3 |
| 2019 | desh79 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 59/100 | 8 |
| 2017 | liveinacar | Top 29 Music Albums of 1980 | 29/29 | 0 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 14 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 44 | |||
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Showing latest 5 ratings for this album. | Show all 21 ratings for this album.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
85/100  | 05/06/2025 00:42 | ForARide | | 88/100 |
65/100 | 03/31/2023 21:48 | MadhattanJack | | 66/100 |
75/100 | 11/11/2022 20:25 | Marswolf68 | | 78/100 |
60/100 | 12/23/2021 18:59 | TonySayers61 | | 64/100 |
80/100 | 05/26/2020 02:08 | NickVolos | | 77/100 |
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 has a Bayesian average rating of 67.7/100, a mean average of 65.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 65.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 20.7.
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