Memory Serves (studio album) by Material
Top albums of 1981 (Material bestography
Memory Serves is ranked as the best album by Material.
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Memory Serves track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Memory Serves rankings
All 17 charts that this album appears in:
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 |  Norman Bates | Top 100 Music Albums of 1981 | 85/100 | 1 |
| 2025 | Skerns | Top 84 Music Albums of 1981 | 80/84 | 0 |
| 2025 | LittleM1971 | Top 81 Music Albums of 1981 | 67/81 | 1 |
| 2024 |  sssvnnn | Top 82 Music Albums of 1981 | 52/82 | 2 |
| 2024 | PurpleHazel | Top 31 Music Albums of 1981 | 6/31 | 4 |
| 2024 |  DommeDamian | Scaruffi Best Albums of 1981 | 15/63 | - |
| 2022 | sssvnnn | Bill Laswell: Productions & Contributions | 17/100 | - |
| 2020 | panapsal | 100 favorite jazz-electro albums of all time | 22/100 | - |
| 2019 | PurpleHazel | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 50/100 | 10 |
| 2018 |  CellarDoor | Top 100 Music Albums of 1981 | 93/100 | 0 |
| 2017 |  NoisyBeast | Top Albums of 1981... #101-200 | 19/100 | - |
| 2017 | NoisyBeast | Top 2000 Albums of the 1980s... #1801-1900 | 10/100 | - |
| 2015 | hedera | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 81/100 | 4 |
| 2015 |  briggs54 | Prog-Rock | 82/93 | - |
| 2015 | briggs54 | Musicians: Bass | 27/77 | - |
| 2014 | vmp | Top 50 Music Albums of 1981 | 40/50 | 1 |
| 1982 | OOR | Jaarlijst Oor 1982 | 73/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 17 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 24 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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70/100  | 07/05/2024 13:58 | 2rge | | 74/100 |
80/100 | 02/08/2024 01:53 |  OldToad | | 74/100 |
75/100 | 08/28/2022 19:59 | mityam | | 74/100 |
70/100 | 07/14/2022 03:44 | Skerns | | 80/100 |
75/100 | 05/22/2019 17:06 | sssvnnn | | 67/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 15% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.4/100, a mean average of 73.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 9.8.
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