The Skull
by Trouble
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Trouble bestography
The Skull is ranked 4th best out of 8 albums by Trouble on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Trouble is Psalm 9 which is ranked number 11170 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 107.
(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 Skull track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Skull rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 96 Music Albums of 1985 | 74/96 | 1 |
| 2025 |  MetalMan67 | Top 62 Music Albums of 1985 | 9/62 | 4 |
| 2025 |  Repo | Top 100 Music Albums of 1985 | 49/100 | 3 |
| 2025 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1985 | 38/100 | 3 |
| 2025 |  LedZep | Metal albums not in BEA's top 10000 | 79/99 | - |
| 2024 |  MW19704U | Top 100 Music Albums of 1985 | 41/100 | 3 |
| 2023 | Repo | 1985: Metal | 21/73 | - |
| 2022 | NHGRANITE | Top 100 Music Albums of 1985 | 43/100 | 3 |
| 2022 | LosWochos | Top 99 Music Albums of 1985 | 76/99 | 1 |
| 2021 | vruslov | Top 95 Music Albums of 1985 | 70/95 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 13 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 20 | |||
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The Skull 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 10/23/2025 18:09 | Elauqsapid | 2,720 | 64/100 |
| ! | 07/13/2023 11:27 | MetalMan67 | 6,251 | 71/100 |
| ! | 03/07/2023 21:05 | Fevernova | 3,162 | 82/100 |
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 15% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.1/100, a mean average of 75.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.2.
The Skull forum mentions
mickilennial 07/12/2023 17:44 in Rank 'Em: The Beach BoysThe Skull comments
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