The Love That Whirls (Diary Of A Thinking Heart) (studio album)
by Bill Nelson
Bill Nelson bestography
The Love That Whirls (Diary Of A Thinking Heart) is ranked 2nd best out of 27 albums by Bill Nelson on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Bill Nelson is Chimera which is ranked number 16798 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 65.
(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 Love That Whirls (Diary Of A Thinking Heart) track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Love That Whirls (Diary Of A Thinking Heart) rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | mostlymor | Top 100 Music Albums of 1982 | 71/100 | 2 |
| 2025 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1982 | 26/100 | 4 | |
| 2025 | Skerns | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 44/100 | 11 |
| 2025 | Skerns | Top 85 Music Albums of 1982 | 8/85 | 5 |
| 2025 | mostlymor | 1982 Listening Project (Part Two) | 4/100 | - |
| 2024 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1982 | 90/100 | 1 | |
| 2021 | panapsal | Top 100 Music Albums of 1982 | 85/100 | 1 |
| 2021 | emptysquares | Top 27 Music Albums of 1982 | 4/27 | 4 |
| 2020 | emptysquares | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 48/100 | 11 |
| 2020 | Skerns | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 91/100 | 4 |
| 2017 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1982 | 70/100 | 2 | |
| 2017 | *All Time* Synthpop | 98/100 | - | |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 12 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 44 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 05/29/2024 14:41 | TonySayers61 | 22,925 | 64/100 |
| ! | 07/02/2022 04:29 | 5,235 | 65/100 | |
| ! | 02/03/2022 22:02 | 4,823 | 79/100 | |
| ! | 08/16/2019 19:47 | emptysquares | 653 | 72/100 |
| ! | 07/03/2019 23:08 | mostlymor | 6,758 | 79/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.3/100, a mean average of 72.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.9.
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