Motels
by The Motels
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The Motels bestography
Motels is ranked 2nd best out of 8 albums by The Motels on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Motels is All Four One which is ranked number 19594 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 55.
(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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Motels track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Motels rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 44 Music Albums of 1979 | 2/44 | 5 |
| 2026 |  Liedzeit | Best Album Covers | 13/100 | - |
| 2026 | daCritic | Top 44 Music Albums of 1979 | 41/44 | 0 |
| 2026 | Liedzeit | Top 100 Music Albums of 1979 | 70/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | culwin | Top 38 Music Albums of 1979 | 17/38 | 3 |
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 32/100 | 14 |
| 2025 | mostlymor | Top 100 Music Albums of 1979 | 9/100 | 5 |
| 2025 | TastyandTemptin | Top 34 Music Albums of 1979 | 19/34 | 2 |
| 2025 | mostlymor | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 100/100 | 0 |
| 2021 | mikepen | Top 95 Music Albums of 1979 | 51/95 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 15 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 44 | |||
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Motels ratings
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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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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 07/22/2026 02:18 | lanadeleswift | 3,791 | 86/100 |
| ! | 01/25/2026 14:02 | Pluto11 | 12,290 | 72/100 |
| ! | 12/07/2024 17:30 | Mmorrison22 | 2,174 | 77/100 |
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 18% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.8/100, a mean average of 71.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.6.
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