Oyster
by Heather Nova
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Heather Nova bestography
Oyster is ranked as the best album by Heather Nova.
(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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Oyster track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Oyster rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 1994 | 40/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | dhbarrett | Top 48 Music Albums of 1994 | 25/48 | 3 |
| 2026 | davidhuret | Top 16 Music Albums of 1994 | 14/16 | 1 |
| 2026 | Jaymantheman | Top 40 Music Albums of 1994 | 40/40 | 0 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 1994 | 74/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Most listened to albums female (2 B deleted) | 73/84 | - |
| 2026 | culwin | Top 56 Music Albums of 1994 | 46/56 | 1 |
| 2026 |  JMGL95 | Top 52 Music Albums of 1994 | 51/52 | 0 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 100 Music Albums of 1994 | 80/100 | 1 |
| 2025 | skrapoel | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 70/100 | 6 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 41 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 216 | |||
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Oyster ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/03/2024 15:44 |  Tamthebam | 23,403 | 69/100 |
| ! | 09/17/2024 05:11 | culwin | 1,612 | 75/100 |
| ! | 06/13/2024 22:35 | TastyandTemptin | 3,182 | 72/100 |
Rating metrics:
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album is rated in the top 12% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.4/100, a mean average of 73.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.5.
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Oyster comments
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Ozdalek 05/24/2019 12:34 | #236662 | TOP COMMENT
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What's not to like with this album? It's a great example of earthy, emotive songs with Heather's most impassioned vocal delivery. 'Heal', 'Island', 'Maybe An Angel' all burst with personality. The scathing lyric in 'Blue Black' shows that Heather has an angry side, but is strong enough to stand defiant. This is one of my favourite albums of all time.
Walk This World is a great song with very catchy chorus. It's a very good guitar album so a must listen if you like that music!
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