The Trouble With Normal
by Bruce Cockburn
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Bruce Cockburn bestography
The Trouble With Normal is ranked 7th best out of 34 albums by Bruce Cockburn on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Bruce Cockburn is Stealing Fire which is ranked number 8296 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 149.
(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 Trouble With Normal track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Trouble With Normal rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 69 Music Albums of 1983 | 23/69 | 3 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 76 Music Albums of 1983 | 52/76 | 2 |
| 2025 | mikepen | Top 99 Music Albums of 1983 | 64/99 | 2 |
| 2025 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 1983 | 97/100 | 0 |
| 2024 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 1983 | 73/100 | 1 |
| 2023 |  junodog4 | Top 20 Music Albums of 1983 | 14/20 | 2 |
| 2021 | WillyMac | Top 10 Music Albums of 1983 | 8/10 | 2 |
| 2020 | andybasic | Top 40 Greatest Music Albums | 5/40 | 38 |
| 2020 |  jnfbn | Top 100 Music Albums of 1983 | 69/100 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 9 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 52 | |||
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The Trouble With Normal 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 03/19/2025 13:11 | BoxFL | 2,581 | 51/100 |
| ! | 11/24/2023 13:28 | LosWochos | 46,853 | 75/100 |
| ! | 02/12/2023 15:05 |  MW19704U | 6,990 | 59/100 |
| ! | 01/06/2023 14:15 | TonySayers61 | 23,691 | 64/100 |
| ! | 01/06/2023 01:54 | Moondance | 20,068 | 72/100 |
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 68.3/100, a mean average of 65.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 65.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.8.
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junodog4 01/28/2015 03:59 | #132783
Bruce Cockburn should have been noticed outside of Canada. Same ilk as Steve Earle (different sound).
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