The Essential Leonard Cohen
by Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen bestography
The Essential Leonard Cohen is ranked 20th best out of 27 albums by Leonard Cohen on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Leonard Cohen is Songs Of Leonard Cohen which is ranked number 143 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 9,702.
(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 Essential Leonard Cohen track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (30 out of 31 tracks have been rated).
The Essential Leonard Cohen rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Scrabbler | Top 98 Greatest Music Albums | 78/98 | 21 |
| 2022 | LosWochos | Top 99 Music Albums of 2002 | 45/99 | 3 |
| 2016 |  Captain_Dude | FAVORITE GREATEST HITS COMPILATION ALBUMS | 91/95 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 3 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 24 | |||
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The Essential Leonard Cohen 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 10/07/2025 10:25 | Scrabbler | 246 | 78/100 |
| ! | 11/09/2022 22:46 |  Arthurknight | 9,595 | 72/100 |
| ! | 01/29/2021 23:37 | LosWochos | 46,656 | 75/100 |
| ! | 01/23/2021 16:51 | ASOARE | 2,133 | 75/100 |
| ! | 03/03/2020 16:16 | Johnnyo | 9,647 | 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 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.1/100, a mean average of 80.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.9.
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