Distant Light
by The Hollies
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The Hollies bestography
Distant Light is ranked 10th best out of 37 albums by The Hollies on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Hollies is Butterfly which is ranked number 6291 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 212.
(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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Distant Light track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Distant Light rankings
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 |  Romanelli | Top 45 Music Albums of 1971 | 7/45 | 4 |
| 2026 |  nitomano | Top 51 Music Albums of 1971 | 49/51 | 0 |
| 2026 | Romanelli | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 82/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | culwin | Top 25 Music Albums of 1971 | 22/25 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Repo | Top 80 Music Albums of 1971 | 73/80 | 1 |
| 2026 | Romanelli | My Overall Chart: 401-500 | 16/100 | - |
| 2025 |  RockyRaccoon | Hipgnosis | 33/34 | - |
| 2025 | ThuramThugood | Ranked - The Hollies (UK) - Ranked | 3/33 | - |
| 2024 |  PAPPITUFO | Top 38 Music Albums of 1971 | 37/38 | 0 |
| 2023 | Steppenwolf666 | 1971 3RD 100 | 42/99 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 19 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 22 | |||
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Distant Light 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).
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Showing latest 3 ratings for this album. | Show all 21 ratings for this album.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 07/27/2026 15:49 | RemainInLight | 3,817 | 36/100 |
| ! | 01/09/2026 07:10 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,241 | 70/100 |
| ! | 04/21/2024 18:45 | culwin | 1,611 | 75/100 |
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 73.0/100, a mean average of 71.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.1.
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Distant Light forum mentions
Romanelli 08/16/2024 23:48 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) Romanelli 05/06/2021 21:51 in The Romanelli Music Diary: Giant StepsView all forum mentions
Distant Light comments
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Wonderful surprise, Long Cool Woman In A Black Dress played in the radio and decided to give the album a try. No regrets. (Edited)
nitomano 07/25/2016 05:17 | #171776
Favoritas: Long Cool Woman In a Black Dress, Long Dark Road, Pull Down The Blind, What a Life I've Led
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