Strange Celestial Road
by Sun Ra
Sun Ra bestography
Strange Celestial Road is ranked 33rd best out of 90 albums by Sun Ra on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Sun Ra is Lanquidity which is ranked number 1951 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 849.
(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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Strange Celestial Road track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Strange Celestial Road rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 | 89/100 | 1 |
| 2025 | BorderFreeAndrew | Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 | 41/100 | 3 |
| 2024 | JamesMowbray | Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 | 69/100 | 2 |
| 2024 |  cestuneblague | Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 | 57/100 | 2 |
| 2022 | LosWochos | Top 99 Music Albums of 1980 | 91/99 | 0 |
| 2021 | WayneMC | Top 98 Music Albums of 1980 | 96/98 | 0 |
| 2019 | Fischman | Sun Ra Albums Ranked | 35/58 | - |
| 2019 | AlienCinema | Top 80 Music Albums of 1980 | 40/80 | 3 |
| 2016 | iancrockert141 | Top 76 Music Albums of 1980 | 67/76 | 1 |
| 1982 | New Music Express | NME Albums Of The Year 1982 | 38/50 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 10 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 11 | |||
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Strange Celestial Road ratings
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21/2024 16:58 | JamesMowbray | 5,361 | 69/100 | |
| 11/27/2023 01:56 |  Anti | 4,626 | 78/100 | |
| 06/04/2023 21:17 | BorderFreeAndrew | 14,882 | 74/100 | |
| 12/05/2022 12:36 | TonySayers61 | 23,790 | 64/100 | |
| 10/16/2022 14:33 | LosWochos | 46,869 | 75/100 |
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 68.8/100, a mean average of 66.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 66.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.1.
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