December
by George Winston
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George Winston bestography
December is ranked as the best album by George Winston.
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December track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
December rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1982 | 58/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Romanelli | Top 39 Music Albums of 1982 | 38/39 | 0 |
| 2026 | Romanelli | My Overall Chart: 2401-2500 | 96/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1982 | 2/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 85 Music Albums of 1982 | 82/85 | 0 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum year 1982 | 46/64 | - |
| 2025 | Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 18/100 | 17 |
| 2025 | Rivera | 701-800 | 11/100 | - |
| 2025 |  ERadio | Christmas Favorites | 19/20 | - |
| 2025 | Rivera | Top 36 Music Albums of 1982 | 9/36 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 39 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 185 | |||
December collection
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December 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.
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 12/14/2024 22:15 |  teague | 4,364 | 78/100 |
| ! | 11/04/2024 19:12 | JamesMowbray | 5,659 | 69/100 |
| ! | 12/06/2023 09:59 | fabm0 | 7,009 | 58/100 |
Rating metrics:
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.0/100, a mean average of 73.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.4.
December favourites
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Forum mentions
Fischman 10/05/2025 21:06 in The Romanelli Music Diary: Trans-Europe Express Romanelli 10/05/2025 14:55 in The Romanelli Music Diary: Trans-Europe Express Romanelli 08/28/2022 22:33 in Albums You Added To Your Collection TodayDecember comments
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chisholm.matt 12/19/2016 18:09 | #180512 | TOP COMMENT
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Truly captures the Winter West...not so much the sound and feel of the Appalachian winter but the stark and bare qualities of a Rocky Mountain Christmas first snow.
Fischman 11/02/2016 18:42 | #177877 | TOP COMMENT
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Beautiful album throughout. Winston's unique interpretations of old standards are wonderful, as are his originals.
This album is a mood. Somber, reflective and melancholy.
philbutrin 09/01/2014 04:01 | #120914 | TOP COMMENT
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i loved this album the first time i heard it playing on a cassette in someone's car. it ended up being the first CD i ever bought, several months before i actually had a CD player :-) i knew i was going to get one, though, and i really wanted to hear this album in CD-quality audio.
Lovely record. Not as creative as Autumn, but perfectly captures a meditative/melancholy side of the season.
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