The Merge (track)
by Swans
The Merge appears on the following album(s) by Swans:
- Birthing (track #6) (this album) (2025)
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The Merge ratings
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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 | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/13/2025 06:26 | Exist-en-ciel | 89,045 | 71/100 | |
| 10/31/2025 11:19 |  ForegroundNoise | 29,142 | 64/100 | |
| 10/21/2025 21:49 | Rayzer6 | 19,028 | 89/100 | |
| 06/24/2025 11:43 | ThuramThugood | 39,938 | 66/100 | |
| 06/23/2025 14:03 | Fertu | 40,981 | 82/100 |
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 tracks can have several thousand ratings)
This track has a Bayesian average rating of 75.3/100, a mean average of 74.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.5/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.1.
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