Pond Scum
by Bonnie 'Prince' Billy
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Bonnie 'Prince' Billy bestography
Pond Scum is ranked 21st best out of 38 albums by Will Oldham on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Will Oldham is I See A Darkness which is ranked number 942 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,847.
(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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Pond Scum track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (7 out of 12 tracks have been rated).
Pond Scum rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | cronadigallina | Top 99 Music Albums of 2016 | 71/99 | 1 |
| 2026 | ThuramThugood | Ranked - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (USA) - Ranked | 28/40 | - |
| 2023 | cmoshier | Top 100 Music Albums of 2016 | 44/100 | 3 |
| 2017 |  PatrickD | Greatest Drag City Records Albums | 36/99 | - |
| 2017 |  fractaljazz | Top 100 Music Albums of 2016 | 63/100 | 2 |
| 2017 | hedera | Top 100 Music Albums of 2016 | 49/100 | 3 |
| 2016 | PatrickD | Top 100 Music Albums of 2016 | 29/100 | 4 |
| 2016 |  Joao74 | Top 33 Music Albums of 2016 | 18/33 | 2 |
| 2016 |  philbutrin | Top 67 Music Albums of 2016 | 48/67 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 9 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 16 | |||
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Pond Scum 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).
AV = the site mean average rating.
Showing latest 3 ratings for this album. | Show all 11 ratings for this album.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 11/15/2022 04:38 |  Arthurknight | 9,585 | 72/100 |
| ! | 07/11/2022 20:36 | LosWochos | 47,545 | 75/100 |
| ! | 01/30/2019 22:05 | replacementlevel | 7,835 | 70/100 |
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 71.7/100, a mean average of 71.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 7.7.
Pond Scum forum mentions
dihansse 05/22/2020 20:26 in John Peel SessionsPond Scum comments
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