The Great Santa Barbara Oil Slick (live album)
by John Fahey
John Fahey bestography
The Great Santa Barbara Oil Slick is ranked 6th best out of 25 albums by John Fahey on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by John Fahey is Fare Forward Voyagers (Soldier's Choice) which is ranked number 2009 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 820.
(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 Great Santa Barbara Oil Slick track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Great Santa Barbara Oil Slick rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | pjerske | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 1/100 | 20 |
| 2025 | pjerske | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 5/100 | 93 |
| 2024 |  kadupheming | Top 64 Music Albums of 2004 | 11/64 | 4 |
| 2024 | LosWochos | best ever live albums | 80/100 | - |
| 2024 |  EyeKanFly | Top 71 Music Albums of 2004 | 17/71 | 4 |
| 2024 |  Rhyner | Top 31 Music Albums of 2004 | 27/31 | 1 |
| 2023 |  Xxnu99etxX | Top 71 Music Albums of 2004 | 37/71 | 2 |
| 2023 | Xxnu99etxX | John Fahey Discography Ranked | 3/3 | - |
| 2023 | EyeKanFly | EyeKanFly's 2000s #101-200 | 42/100 | - |
| 2022 | LosWochos | Top 100 Music Albums of 2004 | 32/100 | 3 |
| 2022 |  IgnacioJoaquin | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 90/100 | 8 |
| 2021 |  KitchenSink | Top 50 Greatest Music Albums by The Poe | 30/50 | - |
| 2015 |  briggs54 | These Albums Have Acoustic Guitar Too | 20/69 | - |
| 2015 | briggs54 | Live | 7/31 | - |
| 2015 | CripplingAutism | Top 84 Greatest Music Albums | 70/84 | - |
| 2005 | The Wire | Top Albums of 2005 | 26/50 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 16 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 135 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 08/20/2025 09:19 | TonySayers61 | 23,202 | 64/100 |
| ! | 03/25/2025 00:14 |  nocturnes | 39 | 87/100 |
| ! | 01/07/2025 15:19 |  Norman Bates | 9,959 | 75/100 |
| ! | 04/03/2024 21:46 | LosWochos | 46,643 | 75/100 |
| ! | 02/08/2023 00:40 | Rhyner | 1,680 | 59/100 |
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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 17% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.0/100, a mean average of 75.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.0.
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