Our Bright Future (studio album)
by Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman bestography
Our Bright Future is ranked 8th best out of 10 albums by Tracy Chapman on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Tracy Chapman is Tracy Chapman which is ranked number 429 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,963.
(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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Our Bright Future track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Our Bright Future rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 |  Nightprowler | Top 54 Music Albums of the 2000s | 25/54 | 11 |
| 2025 | Skerns | Top 75 Music Albums of 2008 | 61/75 | 1 |
| 2025 |  Leonard | Top 100 Music Albums of 2008 | 81/100 | 1 |
| 2023 |  MW19704U | Top 50 Music Albums of 2008 | 43/50 | 1 |
| 2022 | meltchett | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 67/100 | 7 |
| 2020 |  jnfbn | Top 100 Music Albums of 2008 | 74/100 | 1 |
| 2019 | meltchett | Top 10 Music Albums of 2008 | 7/10 | 2 |
| 2016 | Nightprowler | Top 4 Music Albums of 2008 | 3/4 | 3 |
| 2016 |  Eastwood | Top 100 Music Albums of 2008 | 100/100 | 0 |
| 2014 |  Vaggelis | Top 100 Music Albums of 2008 | 64/100 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 10 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 28 | |||
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Our Bright Future 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 10/23/2025 04:42 | PapaShiz86 | 10,896 | 79/100 |
| ! | 03/19/2023 11:49 | MW19704U | 6,990 | 59/100 |
| ! | 03/28/2022 23:18 | Moondance | 19,852 | 72/100 |
| ! | 02/08/2020 03:48 | Skerns | 5,055 | 80/100 |
| ! | 02/20/2019 16:19 | Bruunshaab | 1,704 | 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 has a Bayesian average rating of 71.3/100, a mean average of 70.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.5.
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