The Cost
by The Frames
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The Frames bestography
The Cost is ranked 2nd best out of 8 albums by The Frames on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Frames is Burn The Maps which is ranked number 14211 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 82.
(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 Cost track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Cost 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 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 2006 | 12/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 69 Music Albums of 2006 | 6/69 | 5 |
| 2025 | conallmalone | Irish Albums | 73/79 | - |
| 2025 | dihansse | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 56/100 | 9 |
| 2024 | dihansse | My Overall Top 1000: 401-500 | 67/100 | - |
| 2023 | Moondance | 2000-09: albums 101 - 200 | 29/100 | - |
| 2022 | conallmalone | Top 65 Music Albums of 2006 | 41/65 | 2 |
| 2018 | Imaybeparanoid | Top 100 Music Albums of 2006 | 46/100 | 3 |
| 2016 | Bardiebart | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 28/100 | - |
| 2015 |  Secondsoul | Top 70 Music Albums of 2006 | 65/70 | 0 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 17 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 51 | |||
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The Cost ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 02/15/2023 02:12 | Moondance | 20,799 | 72/100 |
| ! | 03/26/2020 10:14 | vruslov | 8,981 | 74/100 |
| ! | 08/12/2019 20:41 | dihansse | 6,366 | 75/100 |
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 8% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.1/100, a mean average of 76.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.2.
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