Recurrence
by The Railway Children
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The Railway Children bestography
Recurrence is ranked 2nd best out of 5 albums by The Railway Children on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Railway Children is Reunion Wilderness which is ranked number 19269 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 56.
(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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Recurrence track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Recurrence 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 | LittleM1971 | Top 85 Music Albums of 1988 | 30/85 | 3 |
| 2026 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 1988 | 37/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  cestuneblague | Top 100 Music Albums of 1988 | 89/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Norman Bates | Top 100 Music Albums of 1988 | 82/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1988 | 62/100 | 2 |
| 2025 |  LadyGodiva | Top 50 Music Albums of 1988 | 21/50 | 3 |
| 2024 |  meccalecca | Top 72 Music Albums of 1988 | 72/72 | 0 |
| 2022 | MOgnjenovic | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 69/100 | 6 |
| 2022 | MOgnjenovic | Top 20 Music Albums of 1988 | 13/20 | 2 |
| 2016 |  briggs54 | Top 61 Music Albums of 1988 | 53/61 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 15 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 34 | |||
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Recurrence ratings
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n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 10/04/2025 02:32 | matterhornrider | 5,182 | 81/100 |
| ! | 09/24/2025 20:16 | cicadelic | 14,111 | 73/100 |
| ! | 08/22/2025 20:06 | TodFitz | 27,369 | 63/100 |
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 13% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.3/100, a mean average of 71.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.7.
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