In A Foreign Town
by Peter Hammill
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Peter Hammill bestography
In A Foreign Town is ranked 17th best out of 45 albums by Peter Hammill on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Peter Hammill is The Silent Corner And The Empty Stage which is ranked number 3193 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 471.
(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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In A Foreign Town track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
In A Foreign Town rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Skerns | Top 83 Music Albums of 1988 | 23/83 | 4 |
| 2025 |  sssvnnn | Top 80 Music Albums of 1988 | 14/80 | 4 |
| 2025 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1988 | 75/100 | 1 |
| 2024 |  Luciano1962 | Top 34 Music Albums of 1988 | 23/34 | 2 |
| 2023 |  AlexSVK | Top 10 Music Albums of 1988 | 10/10 | 1 |
| 2020 |  jnfbn | Top 100 Music Albums of 1988 | 56/100 | 2 |
| 2017 |  JoSt | Top 48 Music Albums of 1988 | 46/48 | 0 |
| 2014 | FieryGunHand | Top 13 Music Albums of 1988 | 12/13 | 1 |
| 2014 | vmp | Top 50 Music Albums of 1988 | 11/50 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 9 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 19 | |||
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In A Foreign Town ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 07/09/2025 00:15 | Skerns | 5,062 | 80/100 |
| ! | 03/30/2023 19:44 | LosWochos | 46,770 | 75/100 |
| ! | 01/24/2023 14:08 | AlexSVK | 1,087 | 62/100 |
| ! | 07/18/2020 17:08 | jnfbn | 8,880 | 81/100 |
| ! | 11/11/2019 23:47 | sssvnnn | 8,216 | 67/100 |
Rating metrics:
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.4/100, a mean average of 70.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.1.
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