Elan
by Firefall
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Firefall bestography
Elan is ranked 2nd best out of 7 albums by Firefall on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Firefall is Firefall which is ranked number 61020 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 9.
(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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Elan track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Elan rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 98 Music Albums of 1978 | 83/98 | 1 |
| 2025 | Daredevil42 | Top 84 Music Albums of 1978 | 70/84 | 1 |
| 2024 | Moondance | Recently Departed: 2022 | 67/100 | - |
| 2020 |  UofTBlues | Top 27 Music Albums of 1978 | 18/27 | 2 |
| 2014 |  philbutrin | Top 43 Music Albums of 1978 | 24/43 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 5 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 6 | |||
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Elan 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.
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 09/26/2024 22:07 | BorderFreeAndrew | 15,729 | 74/100 |
| ! | 09/01/2023 05:00 | Moondance | 20,806 | 72/100 |
| ! | 04/11/2022 02:40 | Skerns | 5,185 | 80/100 |
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 70.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 8.0.
Forum mentions
rockbluesfolkjaz 12/14/2021 19:41 in What album are you listening to right now? UofTBlues 12/14/2021 18:07 in What album are you listening to right now? UofTBlues 11/15/2021 19:23 in What album are you listening to right now?Elan comments
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Strange Way is a big hit from this middle of the road soft rock 70s band. Some how these guys managed to put one major hit together on each of their albums but couldn't string a few together. Maybe if they just would have released one album over this period of time it would have been considered a classic
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