Simple Minds 
The best album credited to Simple Minds is New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) which is ranked number 754 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 2,283.
Simple Minds is ranked number 389 in the overall artist rankings with a total rank score of 4,977.
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Simple Minds best albums
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Simple Minds best tracks
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Simple Minds 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 | Artist ratings | Avg. artist rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 03/05/2026 11:24 |  Liedzeit | 185 | 77/100 |
| ! | 01/03/2026 09:23 | zsolti | 223 | 81/100 |
| ! | 06/27/2024 21:46 |  hoyquarlow | 258 | 73/100 |
| ! | 01/25/2024 02:46 | r0b07 | 97 | 84/100 |
| ! | 09/23/2023 10:30 | Stevo796 | 980 | 74/100 |
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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 artists can have several thousand ratings)
This artist has a Bayesian average rating of 74.1/100, a mean average of 73.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.8/100. The standard deviation for this artist is 15.2.
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At their peak, the early to mid 80’s, they were up there with Echo & TBM and U2 as the best band around. Short lived but when they were good, they were great.
Goliath 12/20/2020 17:26 | #262975
I am not a fan of this band, a couple of great tracks the rest, innocuous and uninteresting.
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