The Firm
by The Firm (UK)
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The Firm (UK) bestography
The Firm is ranked as the best album by The Firm (UK).
(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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The Firm track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Firm rankings
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 5 hours ago).
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 73 Music Albums of 1985 | 63/73 | 1 |
| 2026 |  jeremy9 | Top 53 Music Albums of 1985 | 33/53 | 2 |
| 2025 |  MetalMan67 | Top 62 Music Albums of 1985 | 34/62 | 2 |
| 2025 | spinout | Top 95 Music Albums of the 1980s | 47/95 | 10 |
| 2025 | mostlymor | Top 100 Music Albums of 1985 | 77/100 | 1 |
| 2023 |  Repo | 1985: Metal | 70/73 | - |
| 2022 | NHGRANITE | Top 100 Music Albums of 1985 | 40/100 | 3 |
| 2022 | Chambord | Top 42 Music Albums of 1985 | 12/42 | 4 |
| 2021 |  mrblond | Top 35 Music Albums of 1985 | 23/35 | 2 |
| 2020 |  jnfbn | Top 100 Music Albums of 1985 | 78/100 | 1 |
| 2019 |  Robert Anton Wilson | Top 17 Music Albums of 1985 | 9/17 | 3 |
| 2018 | AlienCinema | Top 100 Music Albums of 1985 | 74/100 | 1 |
| 2018 | glynspsa | Top 100 Music Albums of 1985 | 86/100 | 1 |
| 2014 | rsongster | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 64/100 | - |
| 2013 | flogman59 | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 18/100 | - |
| 2013 | subtleman22 | Top 12 Music Albums of 1985 | 10/12 | 1 |
| 1985 | Kerrang! | Kerrang!'s Albums Of 1985 | 20/20 | 0 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 17 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 33 | |||
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The Firm ratings
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 05/28/2025 13:12 | machiaj | 805 | 71/100 |
| ! | 07/30/2023 14:49 | JPin8497 | 993 | 69/100 |
| ! | 07/22/2023 17:59 |  zags7000 | 20,568 | 64/100 |
| ! | 05/19/2023 20:06 | MickLord | 3,967 | 70/100 |
| ! | 06/20/2022 11:13 | MetalMan67 | 6,181 | 71/100 |
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 has a Bayesian average rating of 64.9/100, a mean average of 61.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 62.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.9.
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llibnanoon 10/22/2020 17:03 | #259583
Awesome collaboration! Rating (79.44)
UofTBlues 12/17/2019 05:31 | #245739
Paul is a great singer which makes this album listenable.
This is a great band:great singer (Paul Rodgers), great guitarist (Jimmy Page), great drummer (Chris Slade) & a great frettless bassplayer (Tony Franklin). And some of the songs are great too.
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