Essence To Essence
by Donovan
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Donovan bestography
Essence To Essence is ranked 15th best out of 41 albums by Donovan on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Donovan is Sunshine Superman which is ranked number 1451 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,188.
(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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Essence To Essence track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Essence To Essence rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Liedzeit | Top 86 Music Albums of 1973 | 31/86 | 3 |
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 48 Music Albums of 1973 | 1/48 | 5 |
| 2026 | davidhuret | Top 47 Music Albums of 1973 | 42/47 | 1 |
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 11/100 | 18 |
| 2025 |  Repo | Rank 'Em: Donovan | 10/14 | - |
| 2022 | salvador | Top 44 Music Albums of 1973 | 38/44 | 1 |
| 2021 |  PatrickD | Greatest Donovan Albums | 12/20 | - |
| 2017 | davidhuret | top 12 Donovan albums | 11/12 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 8 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 28 | |||
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Essence To Essence ratings
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av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 09/27/2026 13:09 | TonySayers61 | 26,058 | 64/100 |
| ! | 01/15/2026 10:56 | Leginlists | 3,847 | 83/100 |
| ! | 07/10/2025 02:57 | lanadeleswift | 3,819 | 86/100 |
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 has a Bayesian average rating of 71.2/100, a mean average of 70.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.2.
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