Drift
by Nosaj Thing
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Nosaj Thing bestography
Drift is ranked as the best album by Nosaj Thing.
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Drift track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Drift rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | cicadelic | Surfing On Steam Top 25 Albums of 2009 | 7/25 | - |
| 2026 |  ssteve | Top 53 Music Albums of 2009 | 49/53 | 0 |
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2009 | 78/100 | 1 |
| 2025 | thepurplemartin | Top 50 Greatest Music Albums | 37/50 | 23 |
| 2024 |  kadupheming | Top 73 Music Albums of 2009 | 47/73 | 2 |
| 2024 | sonicdiscourse | 2009 To-Do List | 4/78 | - |
| 2023 | conallmalone | Top 68 Music Albums of 2009 | 31/68 | 3 |
| 2020 |  infinitejester | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 31/100 | 14 |
| 2020 | infinitejester | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 60/100 | 13 |
| 2019 |  Lowkey | 2009: 101-x | 31/51 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 19 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 78 | |||
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Drift 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 02/03/2025 21:36 | jnmayles | 2,382 | 73/100 |
| ! | 01/07/2025 01:54 | thepurplemartin | 554 | 76/100 |
| ! | 09/17/2024 05:51 | juanr1096 | 6,315 | 78/100 |
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 15% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.0/100, a mean average of 72.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.0.
Drift forum mentions
drakonium 07/03/2016 22:42 in What album are you listening to right now?Drift comments
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