Without A Net
by Wayne Shorter Quartet
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Wayne Shorter Quartet bestography
Without A Net is ranked 5th best out of 22 albums by Wayne Shorter on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Wayne Shorter is Speak No Evil which is ranked number 1460 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,173.
(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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Without A Net track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Without A Net 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 |  MW19704U | Top 59 Music Albums of 2013 | 58/59 | 0 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | NPR Music's 50 Favorite Albums Of 2013 | 49/50 | - |
| 2025 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 2013 | 44/100 | 3 |
| 2025 |  Patman360 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2013 | 88/100 | 1 |
| 2023 | ASOARE | Top 100 Music Albums of 2013 | 73/100 | 1 |
| 2022 | gulco | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 63/100 | 21 |
| 2020 |  PatrickD | Top 100 Music Albums of 2013 | 26/100 | 4 |
| 2019 | Fischman | Wayne Shorter Albums Ranked | 19/20 | - |
| 2019 | kaduphemingsucks | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 38/100 | 19 |
| 2018 |  Madadude | Top 75 Music Albums of 2013 | 27/75 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 15 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 64 | |||
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Without A Net 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).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 03/10/2023 13:02 | MW19704U | 6,988 | 59/100 |
| ! | 03/06/2023 10:03 |  Tamthebam | 23,219 | 69/100 |
| ! | 02/09/2023 13:44 | replacementlevel | 7,765 | 70/100 |
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 has a Bayesian average rating of 73.3/100, a mean average of 74.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.8.
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Awesome live album from a quartet at the peak of their powers. The spontaneity is so refreshing repeatedly throughout this album, with songs feeling like they could go off in a thousand different directions at any one given time. This is also a truly collaborative record, with each of the players given ample space to do their thing and yet maintaining a oneness from start to finish. It also straddles the traditional/experimental line perfectly, feeling at once familiar and still completely fresh. A great jazz album.
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