The Winter Ray
by Natural Snow Buildings
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Natural Snow Buildings bestography
The Winter Ray is ranked 6th best out of 24 albums by Natural Snow Buildings on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Natural Snow Buildings is The Dance Of The Moon And The Sun which is ranked number 2465 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 648.
(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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The Winter Ray track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Winter Ray rankings
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 48 minutes ago).
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | VanillaBean | Top 27 Music Albums of 2004 | 14/27 | 3 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 2004 | 24/100 | 4 |
| 2025 |  desh79 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2004 | 68/100 | 2 |
| 2024 |  kadupheming | Top 64 Music Albums of 2004 | 6/64 | 5 |
| 2024 |  Arthurknight | Top 100 Music Albums of 2004 | 20/100 | 4 |
| 2024 |  teague | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 96/100 | 1 |
| 2023 |  Xxnu99etxX | Top 71 Music Albums of 2004 | 12/71 | 4 |
| 2023 | Xxnu99etxX | Natural Snow Buildings Discography Ranked (WIP) | 10/10 | - |
| 2023 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2004 | 80/100 | 1 |
| 2022 | Arthurknight | Top 100 Greatest Post-Rock Albums | 23/100 | - |
| 2020 |  greatson | ELECTRIcite de france | 69/100 | - |
| 2020 |  Lowkey | Top 100 Music Albums of 2004 | 1/100 | 5 |
| 2020 | cronadigallina | 99 Best Postrock Bands | 62/99 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 13 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 28 | |||
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The Winter Ray ratings
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 03/23/2026 15:37 | BoxFL | 2,766 | 51/100 |
| ! | 11/28/2025 10:41 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,099 | 70/100 |
| ! | 12/13/2024 20:17 | thepardunk | 2,587 | 69/100 |
| ! | 06/02/2024 12:14 | LosWochos | 47,314 | 75/100 |
| ! | 01/22/2024 16:55 |  Dingerbell | 4,102 | 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 6% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.7/100, a mean average of 78.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.4.
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