Machine + Soul
by Gary Numan
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Gary Numan bestography
Machine + Soul is ranked 18th best out of 73 albums by Gary Numan on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Gary Numan is The Pleasure Principle which is ranked number 1555 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,100.
(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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Machine + Soul track list
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Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 90 Music Albums of 1992 | 77/90 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Helios | Top 100 Music Albums of 1992 | 5/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  Leonard | Top 100 Music Albums of 1992 | 71/100 | 2 |
| 2024 | Helios | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 22/100 | 16 |
| 2017 |  Captain_Dude | RANKED: GARY NUMAN | 19/19 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 5 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 23 | |||
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Machine + Soul 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.
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/10/2026 14:40 | Artem | 872 | 77/100 |
| ! | 05/15/2022 00:04 |  zags7000 | 20,568 | 64/100 |
| ! | 08/23/2021 12:46 |  zwiebel | 4,165 | 56/100 |
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 66.5/100, a mean average of 61.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 61.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 22.1.
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Helios 10/04/2016 20:31 | #176320
Bad, but not the worst. I love some tunes and the lyrics of "Poison" make you understand what happen here. After this the dark phoenix reborn.
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