Big Top Halloween
by The Afghan Whigs
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The Afghan Whigs bestography
Big Top Halloween is ranked 9th best out of 15 albums by The Afghan Whigs on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Afghan Whigs is Gentlemen which is ranked number 1279 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,363.
(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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Big Top Halloween track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Big Top Halloween rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 1 hour ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | vruslov | Top 96 Music Albums of 1988 | 37/96 | 3 |
| 2024 |  Luciano1962 | Top 34 Music Albums of 1988 | 6/34 | 4 |
| 2023 |  Crhmgs | Top 11 Music Albums of 1988 | 9/11 | 1 |
| 2023 |  desh79 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1988 | 91/100 | 1 |
| 2022 |  NoisyBeast | 1983-89 ~ Wish List | 35/68 | - |
| 2021 | Crhmgs | The Afghan Whigs Discography Ranked | 4/10 | - |
| 2016 | sonicdiscourse | 1988 To-Do List | 67/90 | - |
| 2015 | Luciano1962 | Top 101-200 Greatest Music Albums | 56/100 | - |
| 2014 | Luciano1962 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 20/100 | 16 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 9 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 25 | |||
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Big Top Halloween ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 08/11/2025 05:08 |  Kingturtle | 7,579 | 73/100 |
| ! | 06/29/2023 01:37 | fotofowler | 479 | 81/100 |
| ! | 12/20/2021 18:12 |  Maxence | 12,753 | 61/100 |
| ! | 04/15/2021 07:04 |  zags7000 | 20,568 | 64/100 |
| ! | 04/26/2020 14:41 | vruslov | 8,981 | 74/100 |
Rating metrics:
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album has a Bayesian average rating of 67.0/100, a mean average of 63.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 63.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.2.
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