The Blade
by Ashley Monroe
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Ashley Monroe bestography
The Blade is ranked 4th best out of 6 albums by Ashley Monroe on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Ashley Monroe is Like A Rose which is ranked number 18420 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 59.
(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 Blade track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Blade 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 |  covecove | Top 100 Music Albums of 2015 | 90/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | Lacobra | Top 24 Music Albums of 2015 | 22/24 | 1 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | AllMusic Best of 2015 | 2/55 | - |
| 2026 | cicadelic | NPR Music's 50 Favorite Albums Of 2015 | 4/50 | - |
| 2026 |  Glitterboiii | Top 50 Music Albums of 2015 | 39/50 | 1 |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2015 | 16/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  cestuneblague | Top 100 Music Albums of 2015 | 82/100 | 1 |
| 2025 | cicadelic | The Digital Fix Best Albums 2015 | 5/16 | - |
| 2024 |  EyeKanFly | AM Bubbling Under 2010s 06 | 75/100 | - |
| 2023 | sonicdiscourse | Top 100 Music Albums of 2015 | 17/100 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 18 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 25 | |||
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The Blade 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 05/31/2026 01:17 | covecove | 6,713 | 74/100 |
| ! | 07/12/2021 05:51 | zags7000 | 20,568 | 64/100 |
| ! | 02/21/2020 13:12 | cestuneblague | 8,261 | 80/100 |
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 72.7/100, a mean average of 73.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.3.
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