Fossils
by Dinosaur Jr.
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Dinosaur Jr. bestography
Fossils is ranked 13th best out of 23 albums by Dinosaur Jr. on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Dinosaur Jr. is You're Living All Over Me which is ranked number 311 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 5,392.
(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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Fossils track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 84 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Top-rated track as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members.
Fossils rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 87 Music Albums of 1991 | 18/87 | 4 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Greatest Music Albums: 401-500 | 96/100 | - |
| 2025 | skrapoel | Top 58 Music Albums of 1991 | 50/58 | 1 |
| 2024 | ThuramThugood | Ranked - J Mascis Solo + w/The Fog + Dinosaur Jr. - Ranked | 21/28 | - |
| 2024 | ThuramThugood | Ranked - Dinosaur Jr. (USA) - Ranked | 18/19 | - |
| 2021 |  PatrickD | Greatest Dinosaur Jr. Albums | 2/16 | - |
| 2021 | scottklus | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 83/100 | 10 |
| 2017 | PatrickD | Greatest SST Records Albums | 3/100 | - |
| 2017 | PatrickD | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 2/100 | 20 |
| 2017 |  Nyoink77 | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 72/100 | 5 |
| 2016 | PatrickD | Top 100 Music Albums of 1991 | 1/100 | 5 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 11 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 44 | |||
Fossils collection
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Fossils 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 21 ratings for this album.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/22/2024 08:20 | TonySayers61 | 24,181 | 64/100 | |
| 11/15/2022 05:06 |  Arthurknight | 9,593 | 72/100 | |
| 10/03/2021 15:14 | scottklus | 747 | 55/100 | |
| 05/04/2021 08:27 | MaxStorm98 | 3,798 | 89/100 | |
| 02/05/2021 20:32 | LittleM1971 | 5,937 | 81/100 |
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 11% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.6/100, a mean average of 75.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.5.
Fossils favourites
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Fossils comments
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1234567890 03/29/2009 11:09 | #3298
My favorite album cover from anyone.
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