One
by Bob James
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One is ranked as the best album by Bob James.
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One track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
One rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 1 hour ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | byuzak | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 85/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | byuzak | Top 41 Music Albums of 1974 | 5/41 | 5 |
| 2026 |  Leonard | Top 99 Music Albums of 1974 | 82/99 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Graeme2 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 57/100 | 9 |
| 2026 |  katerpillar | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 30/100 | 71 |
| 2025 | katerpillar | Top 5 Music Albums of the 1970s | 2/5 | 16 |
| 2025 | Graeme2 | Top 81 Music Albums of 1974 | 11/81 | 4 |
| 2025 | TodFitz | Top 100 Music Albums of 1974 | 45/100 | 3 |
| 2024 | katerpillar | Best Album of 1974 | 1/1 | 5 |
| 2024 | Graeme2 | Jazz | 68/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 14 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 118 | |||
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One ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 02/12/2024 00:15 | BorderFreeAndrew | 15,729 | 74/100 |
| ! | 02/28/2023 19:50 | TonySayers61 | 25,543 | 64/100 |
| ! | 01/22/2022 19:19 | katerpillar | 226 | 76/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.6/100, a mean average of 71.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.9.
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Graeme2 01/19/2014 09:54 | #100970 | TOP COMMENT
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Breakbeat classic. Nautilus is just straight up one of the greatest pieces of music ever recorded. Some people will tell you this is lift muzak. Tell them to go back to their simply red records. The drumming on this and his 2nd is fantastic which is why they are both classic sample recorfs. Nautilus being one of the most sampled of all time.
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