It Had To Happen (studio album) by James McMurtry
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It Had To Happen is ranked 2nd best out of 12 albums by James McMurtry on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by James McMurtry is Complicated Game which is ranked number 9000 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 135.
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It Had To Happen track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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It Had To Happen rankings
All 7 charts that this album appears in:
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 |  buzzdainer | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 28/100 | 71 |
| 2024 | buzzdainer | Top 43 Music Albums of 1997 | 2/43 | 5 |
| 2024 | buzzdainer | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 7/100 | 19 |
| 2023 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1997 | 31/100 | 4 |
| 2016 |  samistake2ice | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 39/100 | 12 |
| 2016 |  glitter-bubbles | Top 47 Music Albums of the 1990s | 41/47 | 3 |
| 2016 | samistake2ice | Top 20 Music Albums of 1997 | 7/20 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 7 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 117 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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60/100  | 02/22/2025 16:34 | TonySayers61 | | 64/100 |
60/100 | 06/10/2023 12:32 |  Lamplighter | | 59/100 |
100/100 | 11/26/2022 19:00 | buzzdainer | | 79/100 |
90/100 | 08/08/2022 02:31 | zags7000 | | 64/100 |
70/100 | 08/08/2018 22:09 | Imaybeparanoid | | 71/100 |
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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 76.7/100, a mean average of 81.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.9.
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