Odyssey
by James Blood Ulmer
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James Blood Ulmer bestography
Odyssey is ranked 3rd best out of 13 albums by James Blood Ulmer on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by James Blood Ulmer is America - Do You Remember The Love? which is ranked number 16455 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 69.
(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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Odyssey track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Odyssey 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 | Skerns | Top 76 Music Albums of 1983 | 23/76 | 4 |
| 2025 |  cestuneblague | Top 100 Music Albums of 1983 | 35/100 | 3 |
| 2023 | cicadelic | Robert Christgau: Dean's List 1983 | 1/70 | - |
| 2023 |  craola | Top 20 Music Albums of 1983 | 1/20 | 5 |
| 2021 |  NoisyBeast | Favorite Jazz Albums ~ Part One | 55/100 | - |
| 2020 |  jnfbn | Top 100 Music Albums of 1983 | 86/100 | 1 |
| 2019 | PurpleHazel | Top 33 Music Albums of 1983 | 15/33 | 3 |
| 2018 | Kfitzmaurice29 | Top 4 Greatest Music Albums | 1/4 | - |
| 2017 |  bertrandu | Top 100 Music Albums of 1983 | 56/100 | 2 |
| 2017 | bertrandu | *All Time* Jazz-Rock | 55/100 | - |
| 2017 | NoisyBeast | Top Albums of 1983... #101-200 | 78/100 | - |
| 2017 | NoisyBeast | Top 2000 Albums of the 1980s... #1901-2000 | 24/100 | - |
| 2016 | sonicdiscourse | 1983 To-Do List | 54/94 | - |
| 1983 | Village Voice | Village Voice Albums of the Year 1983 | 20/20 | 0 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 14 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 18 | |||
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Odyssey ratings
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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).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 06/09/2026 20:11 | LosWochos | 47,374 | 75/100 |
| ! | 09/04/2025 20:52 | BorderFreeAndrew | 15,708 | 74/100 |
| ! | 10/08/2022 14:50 | RemainInLight | 3,703 | 35/100 |
| ! | 03/05/2022 14:38 | cestuneblague | 8,252 | 80/100 |
| ! | 06/23/2021 00:01 | craola | 4,439 | 78/100 |
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 22% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.7/100, a mean average of 75.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.8.
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