The First Circle
by Pat Metheny Group
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Pat Metheny Group bestography
The First Circle is ranked 22nd best out of 40 albums by Pat Metheny on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Pat Metheny is Offramp which is ranked number 4581 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 307.
(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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The First Circle track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The First Circle rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Juneof44 | Top 50 Music Albums of 1984 | 50/50 | 0 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 100 Music Albums of 1984 | 23/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  sssvnnn | Top 80 Music Albums of 1984 | 47/80 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1984 | 17/100 | 4 |
| 2025 | mostlymor | Top 100 Music Albums of 1984 | 22/100 | 4 |
| 2025 | mostlymor | Albums Added To BEA (For Better Or Worse) | 10/100 | - |
| 2025 |  Leonard | Top 100 Music Albums of 1984 | 64/100 | 2 |
| 2024 |  ExTeaSea | Jazz: Favs alphabetical by artists | 27/54 | - |
| 2023 |  TheDude85 | Top 90 Music Albums of 1984 | 51/90 | 2 |
| 2022 | ExTeaSea | F2LF: Pat Metheny | 14/22 | - |
| 2022 | Fischman | Pat Metheny Albums Ranked | 22/32 | - |
| 2017 | sdees33 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 75/100 | 5 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 12 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 24 | |||
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The First Circle 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).
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02/23/2025 18:26 | TonySayers61 | 23,970 | 64/100 | |
| 09/08/2024 16:35 | Skerns | 5,079 | 80/100 | |
| 01/30/2022 01:15 | LosWochos | 46,877 | 75/100 | |
| 10/29/2020 17:13 | TheDude85 | 9,536 | 83/100 | |
| 07/09/2020 03:20 | kjistok | 855 | 81/100 |
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 9% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.9/100, a mean average of 76.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 9.4.
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