Islands
by Mike Oldfield
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Mike Oldfield bestography
Islands is ranked 26th best out of 36 albums by Mike Oldfield on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Mike Oldfield is Tubular Bells which is ranked number 512 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,369.
(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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Islands track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 71 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Islands rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1987 Pt 2 | 33/41 | - |
| 2025 | svk4ever | Top 50 Music Albums of 1987 | 18/50 | 3 |
| 2025 | davidhuret | Top 9 Music Albums of 1987 | 8/9 | 1 |
| 2023 | davidhuret | Ranking: Mike Oldfield | 13/24 | - |
| 2020 | panapsal | Top 100 Music Albums of 1987 | 67/100 | 2 |
| 2019 |  skelter54 | Top 40 Music Albums of 1987 | 27/40 | 2 |
| 2017 |  JoSt | Top 46 Music Albums of 1987 | 32/46 | 2 |
| 2016 | iancrockert141 | Top 40 Music Albums of 1987 | 31/40 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 8 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 11 | |||
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Islands 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).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 03/28/2026 11:10 | Adhura | 1,724 | 77/100 |
| ! | 12/10/2023 23:40 | Peio72 | 202 | 78/100 |
| ! | 09/29/2023 10:58 | fabm0 | 7,009 | 58/100 |
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 64.3/100, a mean average of 60.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 60.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.0.
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