Commontime
by Field Music
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Field Music bestography
Commontime is ranked 6th best out of 13 albums by Field Music on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Field Music is Field Music (Measure) which is ranked number 10234 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 119.
(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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Commontime track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Commontime rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 98 Music Albums of 2016 | 11/98 | 4 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Record Collector Best New Releases 2016 | 21/37 | - |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | 0f the Year 2016 (2 B deleted) | 7/99 | - |
| 2026 |  MadhattanJack | Top 63 Music Albums of 2016 | 18/63 | 4 |
| 2026 | cronadigallina | Top 99 Music Albums of 2016 | 75/99 | 1 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 86 Music Albums of 2016 | 63/86 | 1 |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 98 Music Albums of 2016 | 78/98 | 1 |
| 2025 | thekrauter | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 100/100 | 0 |
| 2024 |  Graeme2 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2016 | 40/100 | 3 |
| 2020 |  alexgagne | Top 100 Music Albums of 2016 | 99/100 | 0 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 28 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 54 | |||
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Commontime 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 12/07/2025 20:06 | Araldo | 1,472 | 80/100 |
| ! | 07/29/2025 23:57 | Skerns | 5,186 | 80/100 |
| ! | 11/17/2023 15:37 | zomg101 | 2,227 | 69/100 |
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 72.9/100, a mean average of 73.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.2.
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Forum mentions
benpaco 02/14/2016 22:00 in Looking for music like XTCCommontime comments
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Totally agree with the previous comment. An underrated gem. They do beatlesque pop with tons of imagination and a funky twist. "The morning is waiting" is a stunner worthy of McCartney or Ray Davies at their best. This album was my introduction to Field music. Looking forward to hearing what they do next.
Field Music are still creating great art-pop or prog-pop or whatever other genre you want to pigeon hole them in to, but this album is much more geared towards general acceptance. It's funkier. Still high quality from great musicians. Imagine their album "Measure" with smoother poppier edges. Even though more accessible I doubt it will dent the charts. Sadly one of those bands who deserve to be more well known.
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