Factory (track)
by Simple Minds
Year: 1979
From the album Real To Real Cacophony (track #5)
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Factory appears on the following album(s) by Simple Minds:
- Real To Real Cacophony (track #5) (this album) (1979)
- Celebration (track #4) (compilation) (1982)
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n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 01/20/2026 18:29 | Exist-en-ciel | 171,956 | 71/100 |
| ! | 04/28/2025 10:20 | markl73 | 7,230 | 78/100 |
| ! | 08/28/2024 10:48 | phmusic | 73,577 | 100/100 |
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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 tracks can have several thousand ratings)
This track has a Bayesian average rating of 74.7/100, a mean average of 73.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.5/100. The standard deviation for this track is 13.8.
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