Jazz
by Ry Cooder
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Ry Cooder bestography
Jazz is ranked 8th best out of 38 albums by Ry Cooder on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Ry Cooder is Paris, Texas which is ranked number 6357 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 210.
(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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Jazz track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Jazz rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 1 hour ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Wasinski | Top 99 Music Albums of 1978 | 93/99 | 0 |
| 2025 |  xo66 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 61/100 | 8 |
| 2025 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 79/100 | 1 |
| 2025 | platus | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 2/100 | 5 |
| 2024 |  NickVolos | Top 99 Music Albums of 1978 | 95/99 | 0 |
| 2023 | Error Finn | Top 34 Music Albums of 1978 | 30/34 | 1 |
| 2022 | platus | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 11/100 | 56 |
| 2020 |  skelter54 | Top 40 Music Albums of 1978 | 28/40 | 2 |
| 2016 | henriknaess | Top 50 Music Albums of 1978 | 38/50 | 1 |
| 2012 | welshbird | Top 14 Music Albums of 1978 | 11/14 | 1 |
| 1978 | New Music Express | NME Albums Of The Year 1978 | 23/30 | 1 |
| 1978 | OOR | Jaarlijst Oor 1978 | 40/100 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 12 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 80 | |||
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Jazz 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.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating.
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 10/26/2022 22:23 | Moondance | 20,771 | 72/100 |
| ! | 10/14/2022 11:50 | TonySayers61 | 25,264 | 64/100 |
| ! | 10/05/2021 13:47 | LosWochos | 47,364 | 75/100 |
| ! | 04/22/2021 07:55 | Pluto11 | 12,259 | 72/100 |
| ! | 12/17/2020 09:21 | zags7000 | 20,568 | 64/100 |
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 23% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.6/100, a mean average of 71.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.8.
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