Rainbow Takeaway
by Kevin Ayers
Kevin Ayers bestography
Rainbow Takeaway is ranked 4th best out of 24 albums by Kevin Ayers on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Kevin Ayers is Joy Of A Toy which is ranked number 4012 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 359.
(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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Rainbow Takeaway track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 74 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Rainbow Takeaway rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 |  sssvnnn | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 51/100 | 3 |
| 2025 | platus | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 63/100 | 2 |
| 2025 |  Liedzeit | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 12/100 | 4 |
| 2025 | Liedzeit | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 57/100 | 41 |
| 2025 | Liedzeit | Obscure chart | 10/63 | - |
| 2022 | Steppenwolf666 | Collectable record labels The Green/Yellow Harvest Albums Pt2 | 7/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 6 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 50 | |||
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Rainbow Takeaway 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 13 ratings for this album.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 05/15/2025 06:25 | Pluto11 | 11,762 | 72/100 |
| ! | 11/18/2024 12:44 | platus | 5,844 | 74/100 |
| ! | 04/19/2024 08:09 | TonySayers61 | 23,331 | 64/100 |
| ! | 03/19/2023 17:09 |  Igtonumama | 10,790 | 63/100 |
| ! | 03/12/2022 00:00 | sssvnnn | 8,169 | 67/100 |
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 69.9/100, a mean average of 68.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 68.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.1.
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