Stay Positive (studio album)
by The Hold Steady

Stay Positive by The Hold Steady
Year: 2008
Release date: 2008-07-15
Overall rank: 5,011th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 61 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2008 (74th)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (874th)
Award Best albums of all time (5,011th)

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The Hold Steady bestography

Stay Positive is ranked 3rd best out of 11 albums by The Hold Steady on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by The Hold Steady is Boys And Girls In America which is ranked number 2083 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 785.

The Hold Steady album bestography « Higher ranked (3,355th)
Separation Sunday
This album (5,011th)
Stay Positive
Lower ranked (8,537th) »
Almost Killed Me

(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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  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 61 votes)
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n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
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02/12/2025 03:34 imacgill  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 2,50379/100
 
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12/22/2024 18:44 AledJames  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 1,39569/100
 
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01/29/2024 08:04 Robmc70  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 1,48380/100

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 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.4/100, a mean average of 76.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.5.

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