Summer Side Of Life
by Gordon Lightfoot
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Gordon Lightfoot bestography
Summer Side Of Life is ranked 15th best out of 30 albums by Gordon Lightfoot on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Gordon Lightfoot is Sundown which is ranked number 6695 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 197.
(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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Summer Side Of Life track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Summer Side Of Life rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Norman Bates | Top 100 Music Albums of 1971 | 62/100 | 2 |
| 2025 |  MetalMan67 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1971 | 87/100 | 1 |
| 2024 |  Cardboardfolder | Top 51 Music Albums of 1971 | 41/51 | 1 |
| 2022 | arnellarsen | Top 100 Music Albums of 1971 | 55/100 | 2 |
| 2021 |  Listmeister | Top 39 Music Albums of 1971 | 9/39 | 4 |
| 2020 |  UofTBlues | Top 33 Music Albums of 1971 | 25/33 | 1 |
| 2020 |  jnfbn | Top 100 Music Albums of 1971 | 88/100 | 1 |
| 2018 |  bobbyb5 | Top 80 Music Albums of 1971 | 59/80 | 1 |
| 2015 |  jhuik | Greater Toronto! Best Toronto-based Albums Ever | 53/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 9 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 13 | |||
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Summer Side Of Life ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 07/26/2026 16:49 | RemainInLight | 3,772 | 35/100 |
| ! | 11/11/2025 07:40 | ootsp | 141 | 83/100 |
| ! | 03/24/2024 15:05 | Cardboardfolder | 3,731 | 88/100 |
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 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.3/100, a mean average of 75.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.2.
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