What's The Word
by The Fabulous Thunderbirds
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The Fabulous Thunderbirds bestography
What's The Word is ranked 2nd best out of 12 albums by The Fabulous Thunderbirds on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Fabulous Thunderbirds is Tuff Enuff which is ranked number 35912 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 22.
(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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What's The Word track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
What's The Word 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 |  RockyRaccoon | Blues/Blues Rock | 44/45 | - |
| 2026 | RockyRaccoon | Top 67 Music Albums of 1980 | 60/67 | 1 |
| 2025 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 | 83/100 | 1 |
| 2014 | BazGarner | Top 30 Music Albums of the 1980s | 10/30 | 14 |
| 2014 | BazGarner | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 52/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 5 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 15 | |||
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What's The Word ratings
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av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 08/18/2024 02:56 | dhbarrett | 8,913 | 65/100 |
| ! | 07/19/2024 22:20 | RockyRaccoon | 7,283 | 84/100 |
| ! | 04/01/2023 15:48 |  MetalMan67 | 6,252 | 71/100 |
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 67.9/100, a mean average of 64.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 64.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 20.5.
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