Sandbox (studio album)
by Guided By Voices
Guided By Voices bestography
Sandbox is ranked 35th best out of 64 albums by Guided By Voices on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Guided By Voices is Bee Thousand which is ranked number 532 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,255.
(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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Sandbox track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 74 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Sandbox rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 |  AAL2014 | Top 45 Music Albums of 1987 | 39/45 | 1 |
| 2025 | AAL2014 | Guided By Voices: So Far.. | 8/8 | - |
| 2025 |  dihansse | Top 64 Music Albums of 1987 | 62/64 | 0 |
| 2024 |  meccalecca | Top 63 Music Albums of 1987 | 45/63 | 2 |
| 2023 | cmoshier | Top 100 Music Albums of 1987 | 75/100 | 1 |
| 2017 |  NoisyBeast | Top 2000 Albums of the 1980s... # 201-300 | 52/100 | - |
| 2017 | NoisyBeast | Top 100 Music Albums of 1987 | 29/100 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 7 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 7 | |||
Sandbox collection
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Sandbox 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 14 ratings for this album.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 05/11/2025 02:36 | AAL2014 | 3,498 | 75/100 |
| ! | 11/12/2022 20:11 | dhbarrett | 8,103 | 65/100 |
| ! | 11/09/2022 13:09 |  Arthurknight | 9,595 | 72/100 |
| ! | 12/20/2021 18:34 |  Maxence | 12,622 | 61/100 |
| ! | 05/11/2021 16:34 | PapaShiz86 | 10,819 | 79/100 |
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 69.7/100, a mean average of 67.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 67.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.6.
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