The Best Of : A Life Of Surprises
by Prefab Sprout
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Prefab Sprout bestography
The Best Of : A Life Of Surprises is ranked 10th best out of 12 albums by Prefab Sprout on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Prefab Sprout is Steve McQueen which is ranked number 463 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,676.
(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 Best Of : A Life Of Surprises track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Best Of : A Life Of Surprises rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | LosWochos | Top 100 Music Albums of 1992 | 36/100 | 3 |
| 2023 | Junomoogmello | Top 7 Music Albums of 1992 | 1/7 | 5 |
| 2022 | Pretender | 1988. Best Songs, sort of ranked. | 42/48 | - |
| 2019 |  Goliath | Top 21 Music Albums of 1992 | 12/21 | 2 |
| 2014 |  Jasperjames | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 58/100 | - |
| 1992 | Vox Magazine | Albums of the Year 1992 | 12/20 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 6 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 13 | |||
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The Best Of : A Life Of Surprises ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| 05/16/2023 15:13 | cicadelic | 12,216 | 73/100 | |
| 03/20/2023 10:18 |  MadhattanJack | 5,672 | 66/100 | |
| 01/14/2023 12:49 |  Tamthebam | 22,941 | 69/100 | |
| 10/31/2022 14:19 |  flamingyesdept | 2,935 | 77/100 | |
| 11/23/2021 18:41 | AlexFrith21 | 113 | 80/100 |
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.2/100, a mean average of 79.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.0.
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I know compilations come second place (and down some) in these charts but this compilation is pure class! The double vinyl re-issue is a pleasure from the second the needle finds the groove.
Jasperjames 11/18/2012 18:03 | #55401
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