Manafon
by David Sylvian
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David Sylvian bestography
Manafon is ranked 4th best out of 15 albums by David Sylvian on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by David Sylvian is Secrets Of The Beehive which is ranked number 1329 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,296.
(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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Manafon track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 74 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Manafon rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Leonard | Top 100 Music Albums of 2009 | 89/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | vdnoorfr | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 27/100 | 70 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 72 Music Albums of 2009 | 55/72 | 1 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | BBC Music Best Albums 2009 Classic Pop & Rock | 8/10 | - |
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 2009 | 90/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Mapsadaisical FAVOURITE ALBUMS OF 2009 | 1/20 | - |
| 2025 |  greatson | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 47/100 | 11 |
| 2025 | henriknaess | Top 52 Music Albums of 2009 | 10/52 | 4 |
| 2024 |  EyeKanFly | AM Bubbling Under 2000s 06 | 85/100 | - |
| 2024 |  kadupheming | Top 73 Music Albums of 2009 | 16/73 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 33 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 158 | |||
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Manafon 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 3 ratings for this album. | Show all 34 ratings for this album.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 07/10/2026 21:46 | EyeKanFly | 9,059 | 65/100 |
| ! | 06/19/2026 23:18 | CharonBri | 1,058 | 76/100 |
| ! | 10/09/2025 14:36 | TonySayers61 | 25,924 | 64/100 |
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 69.4/100, a mean average of 68.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 68.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.2.
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