Reality
by James Brown
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James Brown bestography
Reality is ranked 41st best out of 97 albums by James Brown on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by James Brown is James Brown Live At The Apollo which is ranked number 647 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,638.
(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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Reality track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Reality rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Graeme2 | Top 82 Music Albums of 1974 | 65/82 | 1 |
| 2026 | byuzak | Top 41 Music Albums of 1974 | 31/41 | 1 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 61 Music Albums of 1974 | 9/61 | 4 |
| 2026 | Jakor | Top 100 Music Albums of 1974 | 52/100 | 2 |
| 2025 | Graeme2 | Top 69 Music Albums of 1975 | 48/69 | - |
| 2024 |  Boltzmann | funk - '60s & '70s | 45/98 | - |
| 2021 | Boltzmann | Top 14 Music Albums of 1974 | 14/14 | 0 |
| 2019 | ReelBigToph | Top 100 Music Albums of 1974 | 87/100 | 1 |
| 2016 | Coconut | Top 100 Music Albums of 1975 | 99/100 | - |
| 2015 |  NoisyBeast | Top 1000 Albums of the 1970s... #901-1000 | 19/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 11 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 10 | |||
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Reality 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).
AV = the site mean average rating.
Showing latest 3 ratings for this album. | Show all 10 ratings for this album.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 11/16/2021 09:36 | Boltzmann | 1,850 | 68/100 |
| ! | 08/17/2020 08:24 |  zags7000 | 20,568 | 64/100 |
| ! | 05/18/2020 15:15 | byuzak | 3,254 | 79/100 |
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 72.1/100, a mean average of 72.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 8.4.
Reality forum mentions
pedro1976 03/13/2026 21:22 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)Reality comments
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