Fifth
by Soft Machine
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Soft Machine bestography
Fifth is ranked 15th best out of 41 albums by Soft Machine on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Soft Machine is Third which is ranked number 1170 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,491.
(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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Fifth track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 74 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Fifth 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 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1972 | 80/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | martintho | Top 68 Music Albums of 1972 | 66/68 | 0 |
| 2026 | stangetzaway | Top 50 Music Albums of 1972 | 25/50 | 3 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 94 Music Albums of 1972 | 75/94 | 1 |
| 2025 | mostlymor | Albums Added To BEA (For Better Or Worse) | 45/100 | - |
| 2025 | TodFitz | Top 100 Music Albums of 1972 | 85/100 | 1 |
| 2024 |  JoSt | Top 40 Music Albums of 1972 | 38/40 | 0 |
| 2024 | cmoshier | Top 99 Music Albums of 1972 | 51/99 | 2 |
| 2024 |  ExTeaSea | Jazz: Favs alphabetical by artists | 46/54 | - |
| 2020 | Red0510 | Top 67 Music Albums of 1972 | 63/67 | 0 |
| 2019 | Fischman | My Top Prog Albums Of 1972 | 23/40 | - |
| 2019 | panapsal | Top 97 Music Albums of 1972 | 83/97 | 1 |
| 2018 |  mozzmozz | Top 36 Music Albums of 1972 | 35/36 | 0 |
| 2017 |  bertrandu | *All Time* Jazz-Rock | 90/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 14 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 10 | |||
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Fifth 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).
AV = the site mean average rating.
Showing latest 5 ratings for this album. | Show all 25 ratings for this album.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 01/03/2026 05:35 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,455 | 70/100 |
| ! | 06/27/2023 02:05 | ExTeaSea | 5,231 | 83/100 |
| ! | 11/10/2022 05:17 |  Arthurknight | 9,589 | 72/100 |
| ! | 11/24/2021 16:52 |  Jameth | 3,453 | 68/100 |
| ! | 09/09/2021 00:49 | stangetzaway | 2,315 | 84/100 |
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 68.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.1.
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