Spirit In The Dark
by Aretha Franklin
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Aretha Franklin bestography
Spirit In The Dark is ranked 5th best out of 68 albums by Aretha Franklin on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Aretha Franklin is I Never Loved A Man, The Way I Love You which is ranked number 394 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 4,169.
(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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Spirit In The Dark track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Spirit In The Dark rankings
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Spirit In The Dark ratings
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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 |
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| ! | 05/04/2026 19:32 | RemainInLight | 3,642 | 35/100 |
| ! | 04/08/2026 17:43 | Imaybeparanoid | 7,396 | 71/100 |
| ! | 01/05/2026 01:21 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,418 | 70/100 |
| ! | 05/26/2025 05:17 | juanr1096 | 6,203 | 78/100 |
| ! | 05/08/2025 23:41 | BorderFreeAndrew | 15,700 | 74/100 |
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.2/100, a mean average of 78.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.9.
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Amazing vocals
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