Protest Songs
by Prefab Sprout
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Prefab Sprout bestography
Protest Songs is ranked 7th best out of 12 albums by Prefab Sprout on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Prefab Sprout is Steve McQueen which is ranked number 462 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,641.
(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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Protest Songs track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Protest Songs 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 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1989 | 38/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  MadhattanJack | Top 74 Music Albums of 1989 | 22/74 | 4 |
| 2026 |  O.T. | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 47/100 | 54 |
| 2026 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 1989 | 78/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | joathome | Top 44 Music Albums of 1989 | 39/44 | 1 |
| 2026 |  flamingyesdept | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 44/100 | 11 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 100 Music Albums of 1989 | 40/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Q magazine Recordings Of The Year 1989 | 31/50 | - |
| 2026 |  Norman Bates | Top 100 Music Albums of 1989 | 7/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 1989 | 48/100 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 31 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 174 | |||
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Protest Songs 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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Showing latest 3 ratings for this album. | Show all 52 ratings for this album.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 07/27/2026 22:21 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,650 | 70/100 |
| ! | 07/26/2026 19:37 | flamingyesdept | 2,945 | 77/100 |
| ! | 08/23/2025 14:09 | mash | 1,502 | 89/100 |
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 69.6/100, a mean average of 69.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 69.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.2.
Protest Songs forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 09/14/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5435): By flamingyesdeptView latest topic →
SleepDealer 02/04/2020 12:19 in What album are you listening to right now?Protest Songs comments
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