The Magazine
by Rickie Lee Jones
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Rickie Lee Jones bestography
The Magazine is ranked 3rd best out of 21 albums by Rickie Lee Jones on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Rickie Lee Jones is Pirates which is ranked number 2552 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 620.
(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 Magazine track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Magazine rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 39/100 | 12 |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1984 | 61/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | tim0505 | Top 44 Music Albums of 1984 | 21/44 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1984 | 1/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 84 Music Albums of 1984 | 6/84 | 5 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top albums of all time by female artists | 12/100 | - |
| 2026 | Tamthebam | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 73/100 | 28 |
| 2026 |  sssvnnn | Top 80 Music Albums of 1984 | 72/80 | 1 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 1984 | 63/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 8/100 | 19 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 39 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 150 | |||
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The Magazine ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/11/2026 20:41 | Vinyl | 548 | 80/100 |
| ! | 08/24/2026 10:06 | Tamthebam | 23,405 | 69/100 |
| ! | 04/12/2025 12:04 | stevengnz | 2,611 | 73/100 |
Rating metrics:
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album is rated in the top 18% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.8/100, a mean average of 72.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.2.
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The Magazine forum mentions
neilgee 03/29/2026 18:05 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) neilgee 03/24/2023 20:38 in What music video are you watching right now?The Magazine comments
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Tamthebam TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/06/2023 14:14 | #296681 | TOP COMMENT
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Rickie Lee Jones 3rd studio album is one of her best. Gravity, It Must Be Love and Runaround are all brilliant songs , the final tracks are a mini suite - Rorschachs/Theme For The Pope - The Unsigned Painting/The Weird Beast and is a haunting end to the album.
ffudnebbuh TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/30/2013 12:43 | #82732 | TOP COMMENT
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"Runaround" is one of the very best tracks of the 80s
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