Signs Of Life
by Penguin Cafe Orchestra
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Penguin Cafe Orchestra bestography
Signs Of Life is ranked 6th best out of 15 albums by Penguin Cafe Orchestra on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Penguin Cafe Orchestra is Music From The Penguin Cafe which is ranked number 3480 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 432.
(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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Signs Of Life track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Signs Of Life rankings
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 6 hours ago).
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Hyggevinyl | Top 52 Music Albums of 1987 | 1/52 | 5 |
| 2026 |  Helios | Top 80 Music Albums of 1987 | 26/80 | 3 |
| 2026 |  DommeDamian | Top 16 Music Albums of 1987 | 14/16 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Norman Bates | Top 100 Music Albums of 1987 | 30/100 | 4 |
| 2025 |  sssvnnn | Top 85 Music Albums of 1987 | 41/85 | 3 |
| 2024 |  Arthurknight | Top 100 Music Albums of 1987 | 62/100 | 2 |
| 2024 | cicadelic | Q Magazine Recordings Of The Year 1987 | 22/50 | - |
| 2024 | DommeDamian | Scaruffi Best Albums of 1987 | 38/81 | - |
| 2022 |  kadupheming | Top 44 Music Albums of 1987 | 42/44 | 0 |
| 2020 | panapsal | Top 100 Music Albums of 1987 | 10/100 | 5 |
| 2020 |  SleepDealer | Top 23 Music Albums of 1987 | 14/23 | 2 |
| 2019 | SleepDealer | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 89/100 | 2 |
| 2017 |  bertrandu | Top 100 Music Albums of 1987 | 48/100 | 3 |
| 2014 | vmp | Top 50 Music Albums of 1987 | 39/50 | 1 |
| 2012 | syrupy76 | Best Music Album Ever | 1/1 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 15 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 31 | |||
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Signs Of Life 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.
Showing latest 5 ratings for this album. | Show all 16 ratings for this album.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 07/20/2025 20:19 | Hyggevinyl | 4,441 | 72/100 |
| ! | 04/18/2025 14:16 | Robininthetree | 136 | 84/100 |
| ! | 01/08/2024 17:43 | LosWochos | 47,348 | 75/100 |
| ! | 01/29/2023 12:56 | DommeDamian | 7,524 | 49/100 |
| ! | 11/10/2022 04:39 | Arthurknight | 9,590 | 72/100 |
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 9% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.9/100, a mean average of 76.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.1.
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