First Songs
by Michael Hurley
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Michael Hurley bestography
First Songs is ranked 2nd best out of 16 albums by Michael Hurley on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Michael Hurley is Armchair Boogie which is ranked number 9977 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 122.
(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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First Songs track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
First Songs rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 98 Music Albums of 1964 | 26/98 | 4 |
| 2026 |  arthurbittencourt | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 79/100 | 22 |
| 2026 | arthurbittencourt | Top 65 Music Albums of the 1960s | 10/65 | 17 |
| 2026 | pjerske | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 53/100 | 10 |
| 2026 |  Norman Bates | Top 57 Music Albums of 1964 | 18/57 | 4 |
| 2025 |  Wasinski | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 93/100 | 2 |
| 2025 | arnellarsen | Top 84 Music Albums of the 1960s | 62/84 | 5 |
| 2025 | Wasinski | Top 15 Music Albums of 1964 | 8/15 | 3 |
| 2024 | arnellarsen | Top 100 Music Albums of 1965 | 98/100 | - |
| 2024 |  meccalecca | Top 97 Music Albums of 1965 | 51/97 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 20 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 80 | |||
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First Songs ratings
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n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 05/02/2026 13:20 | Pluto11 | 12,260 | 72/100 |
| ! | 01/07/2023 22:26 | LosWochos | 47,507 | 75/100 |
| ! | 08/24/2022 11:22 | Steppenwolf666 | 9,991 | 89/100 |
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 69.9/100, a mean average of 68.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 68.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 23.1.
Forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 06/25/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5354): By arthurbittencourt
Jameth 09/11/2019 03:44 in What album are you listening to right now?
reverendgreen 08/01/2017 11:34 in What album are you listening to right now?First Songs comments
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