Melancholia (studio album)
by William Basinski
William Basinski bestography
Melancholia is ranked 9th best out of 21 albums by William Basinski on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by William Basinski is The Disintegration Loops I which is ranked number 1565 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,084.
(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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Melancholia track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Melancholia rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | ThuramThugood | Ranked - William Basinski (All inc. collab.) (USA) - Ranked | 5/27 | - |
| 2025 |  desh79 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2003 | 42/100 | 3 |
| 2025 |  cestuneblague | Top 100 Music Albums of 2003 | 22/100 | 4 |
| 2024 | sonicdiscourse | 2005 To-Do List | 51/84 | - |
| 2022 |  Lowkey | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 58/100 | 9 |
| 2021 | crimson | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 100/100 | 1 |
| 2020 |  Mother Nature's Son | Top 21 Music Albums of 2003 | 12/21 | 2 |
| 2020 |  CellarDoor | Top 57 Music Albums of 2005 | 14/57 | - |
| 2020 | Mother Nature's Son | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 99/100 | 0 |
| 2019 | Lowkey | x. 301-400 | 79/100 | - |
| 2019 | Lowkey | Top 100 Music Albums of 2003 | 10/100 | 5 |
| 2017 | brun027 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 72/100 | 6 |
| 2014 |  Torchlin | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 66/100 | 7 |
| 2013 | CellarDoor | When the melancholy fit shall fall | 13/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 14 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 36 | |||
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Melancholia 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 23 ratings for this album.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 08/20/2025 19:43 | Ilovesuicide | 325 | 68/100 |
| ! | 12/07/2024 00:05 | thepardunk | 2,547 | 69/100 |
| ! | 02/02/2023 08:37 |  LedZep | 4,849 | 79/100 |
| ! | 11/02/2021 01:18 |  Anti | 4,627 | 78/100 |
| ! | 12/11/2019 22:26 |  Maxence | 12,622 | 61/100 |
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 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.6/100, a mean average of 78.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.6.
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