Imaginary Day
by Pat Metheny Group
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Pat Metheny Group bestography
Imaginary Day is ranked 16th best out of 40 albums by Pat Metheny on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Pat Metheny is Offramp which is ranked number 4703 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 303.
(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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Imaginary Day track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Imaginary Day rankings
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 5 hours ago).
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 76 Music Albums of 1997 | 5/76 | 5 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 93 Music Albums of 1997 | 26/93 | 4 |
| 2026 |  jeremy9 | Top 93 Music Albums of 1997 | 88/93 | 0 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 91 Music Albums of the 1990s | 48/91 | 10 |
| 2025 |  Leonard | Top 100 Music Albums of 1997 | 51/100 | 3 |
| 2025 | mostlymor | Top 100 Music Albums of 1997 | 60/100 | 2 |
| 2025 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1997 | 13/100 | 4 |
| 2025 | byuzak | Top 39 Music Albums of 1997 | 9/39 | 4 |
| 2025 | byuzak | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 58/100 | 9 |
| 2024 | cicadelic | Guitar (UK) Best Albums 1997 | 11/26 | - |
| 2024 | ExTeaSea | Jazz: Favs alphabetical by artists | 19/54 | - |
| 2022 | ExTeaSea | F2LF: Pat Metheny | 2/22 | - |
| 2022 | Fischman | Pat Metheny Albums Ranked | 20/32 | - |
| 2021 |  NickVolos | Top 100 Music Albums of 1997 | 22/100 | 4 |
| 2020 | panapsal | Top 100 Music Albums of 1997 | 52/100 | 2 |
| 2019 | Imaybeparanoid | Top 99 Music Albums of 1997 | 79/99 | 1 |
| 2017 | Fischman | Best Jazz of the 1990s | 67/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 17 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 47 | |||
Imaginary Day collection
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Imaginary Day 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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Showing latest 5 ratings for this album. | Show all 22 ratings for this album.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 04/05/2026 10:37 | tomaszostapowicz | 3 | 93/100 |
| ! | 12/11/2025 04:17 |  Kingturtle | 7,579 | 73/100 |
| ! | 04/24/2025 17:53 | TonySayers61 | 25,042 | 64/100 |
| ! | 10/25/2023 21:49 | Pluto11 | 12,228 | 72/100 |
| ! | 03/30/2023 19:56 |  MetalMan67 | 6,152 | 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 is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.0/100, a mean average of 77.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.4.
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