Various Failures
by Swans
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Swans bestography
Various Failures is ranked 27th best out of 39 albums by Swans on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Swans is To Be Kind which is ranked number 270 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,047.
(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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Various Failures track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Various Failures rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | ThuramThugood | Ranked - Swans (US) - Ranked | 10/39 | - |
| 2025 |  Wasinski | Top 70 Music Albums of 1999 | 12/70 | 4 |
| 2022 | LosWochos | Top 100 Music Albums of 1999 | 41/100 | 3 |
| 2022 |  NoisyBeast | Top Albums of 1999... #101-200 | 35/100 | - |
| 2017 |  NoeSSS | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 75/100 | 1 |
| 2016 | NoeSSS | Top 52 Music Albums of the 1990s | 27/52 | 10 |
| 2015 |  Applerill | Canonical My Ass: Comps That Should Be Treated Like Art | 39/78 | - |
| 2014 |  philbutrin | Top 100 Music Albums of 1999 | 74/100 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 8 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 20 | |||
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Various Failures ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 04/27/2024 06:12 | swansfan | 22 | 99/100 |
| ! | 11/12/2022 21:47 |  Arthurknight | 9,591 | 72/100 |
| ! | 08/11/2022 08:50 | Sforge | 1,530 | 77/100 |
| ! | 11/14/2021 06:15 |  phantom1305 | 2,812 | 71/100 |
| ! | 10/26/2021 04:59 | NoisyBeast | 13,315 | 74/100 |
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 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.0/100, a mean average of 79.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.1.
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NoeSSS 06/30/2016 00:46 | #170161
I'd really like to thank the guy who made this compilation possible, because this one is really great.
Made for the guys who think Love Of Life wasn't that necessary after White Light, and people who want to listen The Burning World (Without actually doing it).
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