The Philosopher's Stone (studio album)
by Van Morrison
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Van Morrison bestography
The Philosopher's Stone is ranked 30th best out of 61 albums by Van Morrison on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Van Morrison is Astral Weeks which is ranked number 67 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 16,488.
(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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The Philosopher's Stone track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (8 out of 30 tracks have been rated).
The Philosopher's Stone rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 |  TheDude85 | Caught Me By Surprise | 2/99 | - |
| 2025 | Skerns | Top 88 Music Albums of 1998 | 69/88 | 1 |
| 2025 | mostlymor | Top 70 Music Albums of 1998 | 51/70 | 1 |
| 2025 |  Leonard | Top 100 Music Albums of 1998 | 19/100 | 4 |
| 2025 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 1998 | 44/100 | 3 |
| 2025 | henriknaess | Top 50 Music Albums of 1998 | 49/50 | 0 |
| 2025 | rkm | Top 35 Music Albums of 1998 | 24/35 | 2 |
| 2021 |  NickVolos | Top 100 Music Albums of 1998 | 6/100 | 5 |
| 2020 | Pretender | 1998. Best Songs, sort of ranked. | 34/44 | - |
| 2020 |  jnfbn | Top 100 Music Albums of 1998 | 90/100 | 1 |
| 2019 | Pretender | Top 19 Music Albums of 1998 | 10/19 | 3 |
| 2018 |  ERadio | Top 50 Music Albums of 1998 | 21/50 | 3 |
| 2016 | razumov | Top 51 Music Albums of the 1990s | 17/51 | 14 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 13 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 36 | |||
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The Philosopher's Stone 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 11/09/2022 23:27 |  Arthurknight | 9,596 | 72/100 |
| ! | 12/04/2021 07:49 | Shalvey | 739 | 72/100 |
| ! | 11/11/2021 01:45 | NickVolos | 9,134 | 77/100 |
| ! | 09/13/2021 20:58 |  UofTBlues | 3,572 | 71/100 |
| ! | 07/29/2021 23:39 | Skerns | 4,972 | 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 73.0/100, a mean average of 71.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.6.
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