Top 50 Greatest Music Albums
by Arrie 
- Chart updated: 11/17/2010 07:23
- (Created: 11/17/2010 07:23).
- Chart size: 50 albums.
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Top 50 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 5 | 10% | |
| 1970s | 4 | 8% | |
| 1980s | 7 | 14% | |
| 1990s | 16 | 32% | |
| 2000s | 17 | 34% | |
| 2010s | 1 | 2% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
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| Bat For Lashes | 2 | 4% | |
| dEUS | 2 | 4% | |
| Gorillaz | 2 | 4% | |
| Talk Talk | 2 | 4% | |
| R.E.M. | 2 | 4% | |
| Leonard Cohen | 2 | 4% | |
| Kashmir | 1 | 2% | |
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Top 50 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).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 02/01/2025 02:59 | rubens | 13 | 86/100 |
| ! | 06/02/2017 10:44 | voland | 159 | 88/100 |
| ! | 02/19/2017 01:14 | Seab | 2,005 | 93/100 |
| ! | 01/23/2017 23:07 | 2,865 | 83/100 | |
| ! | 04/11/2014 08:09 | 72 | 86/100 |
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 charts can have several thousand ratings)
This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 81.8/100, a mean average of 78.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.2/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 6.5.
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thanks for introducing me to Delia Gonzalez & Gavin Russom.
In The Aeroplane Over The Sea, Demon Days, and Disintegration as 2, 3, and 4. I have to like that.
Good start however, could explore more of the past.
That is one weird chart.
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