Torch
by Carly Simon
Carly Simon bestography
Torch is ranked 18th best out of 27 albums by Carly Simon on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Carly Simon is No Secrets which is ranked number 4126 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 348.
(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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Torch track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (3 out of 11 tracks have been rated).
Torch rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1981 | 62/100 | 2 |
| 2025 | lanadeleswift | Top 32 Music Albums of 1981 | 30/32 | 0 |
| 2020 |  skelter54 | Top 40 Music Albums of 1981 | 22/40 | 2 |
| 2018 | glynspsa | Top 100 Music Albums of 1981 | 98/100 | 0 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 4 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 5 | |||
Torch collection
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Torch ratings
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AVwhere:
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).
AV = the site mean average rating.
Showing latest 5 ratings for this album. | Show all 12 ratings for this album.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/18/2025 23:17 | fernbank | 9 | 91/100 | |
| 04/15/2023 11:18 |  MetalMan67 | 5,998 | 71/100 | |
| 07/29/2021 13:32 | NHGRANITE | 4,702 | 70/100 | |
| 12/29/2020 09:36 | lanadeleswift | 3,575 | 86/100 | |
| 03/31/2020 14:22 | skelter54 | 4,477 | 67/100 |
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 64.7/100, a mean average of 58.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 58.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.0.
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Much better than Ronstadt's What's New and ahead of it by 2 years.
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