Top 40 Greatest Music Albums
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- Chart updated: 04/06/2010 12:50
- (Created: 06/17/2009 02:51).
- Chart size: 40 albums.
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Top 40 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 1 | 3% | |
| 1960s | 9 | 23% | |
| 1970s | 17 | 43% | |
| 1980s | 4 | 10% | |
| 1990s | 6 | 15% | |
| 2000s | 3 | 8% | |
| 2010s | 0 | 0% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
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| The Beatles | 2 | 5% | |
| Bob Dylan | 2 | 5% | |
| Stevie Wonder | 2 | 5% | |
| The Jimi Hendrix Experience | 1 | 3% | |
| The Band | 1 | 3% | |
| The Flaming Lips | 1 | 3% | |
| The Who | 1 | 3% | |
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Top 40 Greatest Music Albums 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.
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05/01/2014 10:24 |  Bach | 957 | 78/100 | |
| 08/15/2012 19:23 | ZebraRock | 96 | 87/100 | |
| 10/18/2011 19:40 |  btener11 | 291 | 80/100 | |
| 07/14/2011 16:21 |  Triple Seis | 1,251 | 79/100 | |
| 11/07/2010 22:25 |  Mandro | 150 | 78/100 |
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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 charts can have several thousand ratings)
This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 82.0/100, a mean average of 79.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.8/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 10.0.
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