Special View
by The Only Ones
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The Only Ones bestography
Special View is ranked 4th best out of 9 albums by The Only Ones on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Only Ones is The Only Ones which is ranked number 4372 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 323.
(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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Special View track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Special View rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 1979 | 77/100 | 1 |
| 2025 |  Repo | Top 85 Music Albums of 1979 | 20/85 | 4 |
| 2024 |  NoisyBeast | Top 99 Music Albums of 1979 | 61/99 | 2 |
| 2023 | cicadelic | Robert Christgau: Dean's List 1979 | 15/40 | - |
| 2020 |  Dankel | My Favourite Compilations | 12/38 | - |
| 2015 | NoisyBeast | Top 1000 Albums of the 1970s... #301-400 | 3/100 | - |
| 2010 | bloogd | Top 50 Greatest Music Albums | 48/50 | - |
| 1979 | OOR | Jaarlijst Oor 1979 | 71/100 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 8 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 9 | |||
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Special View 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 14 ratings for this album.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19/2026 21:44 | Exist-en-ciel | 7,615 | 70/100 | |
| 06/03/2025 18:20 | TodFitz | 27,351 | 63/100 | |
| 02/26/2023 23:45 | replacementlevel | 7,724 | 70/100 | |
| 09/02/2021 03:23 | Moondance | 20,102 | 72/100 | |
| 05/07/2019 06:10 | Pluto11 | 12,063 | 72/100 |
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 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.6/100, a mean average of 81.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 8.5.
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