Tortoise 
The latest album released by Tortoise is Touch. This album was released 10/24/2025.
The best album credited to Tortoise is Millions Now Living Will Never Die which is ranked number 1,074 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 1,616.
Tortoise is ranked number 481 in the overall artist rankings with a total rank score of 3,832.
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- David Pajo
- Jeff Parker
- See also:
- Activities Of Dust
- Chicago Underground Quartet
- Scott Fields Ensemble
- Powerhouse Sound
- Household Gods
- Interpol
- Slint
- Gang Of Four
- The For Carnation
- Zwan
- Isotope 217
- Rob Mazurek / Exploding Star Orchestra
- Jeff Parker ETA IVtet / Jeff Parker / Josh Johnson / Anna Butterss / Jay Bellerose
- Brian Blade Fellowship
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Tortoise best albums
The following albums by Tortoise are ranked highest in the greatest album charts:
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Tortoise best tracks
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Tortoise 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 |
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| 02/05/2024 11:49 | bonnequestion | 397 | 71/100 | |
| 12/18/2019 07:21 | Johnnyo | 3,156 | 74/100 | |
| 11/20/2019 13:56 | Lisandro | 463 | 83/100 | |
| 01/24/2019 17:25 |  NowhereMan | 119 | 80/100 | |
| 04/18/2018 09:20 |  blvckgovt | 283 | 100/100 |
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 artists can have several thousand ratings)
This artist is rated in the top 11% of all artists on BestEverAlbums.com. This artist has a Bayesian average rating of 77.6/100, a mean average of 78.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.5/100. The standard deviation for this artist is 15.9.
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