Top 20 Greatest Music Albums
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#4 comprises the most beautiful piece of music ever written. Just didn't really dare to put an opera on top.
- Chart updated: 04/06/2010 12:47
- (Created: 04/12/2008 21:58).
- Chart size: 20 albums.
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Top 20 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 2 | 10% | |
| 1960s | 7 | 35% | |
| 1970s | 5 | 25% | |
| 1980s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1990s | 4 | 20% | |
| 2000s | 2 | 10% | |
| 2010s | 0 | 0% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| The Beatles | 2 | 10% | |
| Bob Dylan | 2 | 10% | |
| Miles Davis | 2 | 10% | |
| Elvis Costello | 2 | 10% | |
| Queen | 1 | 5% | |
| Pulp | 1 | 5% | |
| Elvis Costello With Burt Bacharach | 1 | 5% | |
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Top 20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 04/11/2015 17:29 |  calsper | 646 | 71/100 |
| ! | 04/16/2013 03:43 |  Madadude | 45 | 84/100 |
| ! | 12/03/2012 18:44 | encyclopediag | 109 | 65/100 |
| ! | 04/23/2010 23:21 | haleyyew | 270 | 71/100 |
| ! | 11/27/2009 22:26 | SAISON33 | 38 | 65/100 |
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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 85.9/100, a mean average of 86.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 86.0/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 7.7.
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Crazy random but awesome
teodor_matz 01/13/2009 03:00 | #2432
the only bad thing is Think Tank, which is like the worst Blur album
joannajewsom 10/07/2008 10:15 | #1465
100 rating for your no. 1 pick.
banana brother 09/11/2008 09:23 | #1211
'ight
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