The Complete Guide To Insufficiency
by David Thomas Broughton
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The Complete Guide To Insufficiency is ranked as the best album by David Thomas Broughton.
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The Complete Guide To Insufficiency track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Complete Guide To Insufficiency rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 2005 | 56/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  DommeDamian | Scaruffi Best Albums of 2005 | 10/83 | - |
| 2026 | mianfei | Top 59 Music Albums of the 2000s | 40/59 | 7 |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | 2005 2nd chart | 1/20 | - |
| 2026 |  Charade | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 3/100 | 92 |
| 2026 |  sssvnnn | Top 80 Music Albums of 2005 | 18/80 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Onater | Top 29 Music Albums of 2005 | 15/29 | 3 |
| 2024 |  kadupheming | Top 59 Music Albums of 2005 | 20/59 | 3 |
| 2024 | sonicdiscourse | 2005 To-Do List | 3/84 | - |
| 2024 | sonicdiscourse | The 00s, Vol. 1 | 29/41 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 25 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 164 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/07/2026 04:08 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,693 | 70/100 |
| ! | 01/08/2026 11:01 | Leginlists | 3,842 | 83/100 |
| ! | 08/30/2025 09:11 | TonySayers61 | 25,711 | 64/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.4/100, a mean average of 78.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.3.
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BestEverAlbums 08/17/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5407): By Charade
Antonio-Pedro 11/05/2017 21:54 in What album are you listening to right now?The Complete Guide To Insufficiency comments
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Charade 05/20/2024 04:07 | #303619 | TOP COMMENT
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This album has grown on me over time, and is now among my favorite albums of all time. One of the most unique voices I've heard, and a very moving album emotionally. "Unmarked Grave" is possibly the saddest song I've ever heard. (Edited)
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