The Sporting Life (track)
by The Decemberists
Year: 2005
From the album Picaresque (track #4)
Listen on Spotify SPOTIFY
The Sporting Life appears on the following album(s) by The Decemberists:
- Picaresque (track #4) (this album) (2005)
Listen to The Sporting Life on YouTube
The Sporting Life 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.
Showing latest 5 ratings for this track. | Show all 68 ratings for this track.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/14/2025 07:39 | Exist-en-ciel | 96,633 | 71/100 | |
| 09/01/2025 17:21 |  ExTeaSea | 12,714 | 85/100 | |
| 07/16/2025 18:51 | bonnequestion | 16,475 | 75/100 | |
| 04/29/2025 12:56 | AndyLish79 | 13,131 | 84/100 | |
| 05/30/2024 17:26 |  Rhyner | 2,104 | 67/100 |
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 is rated in the top 3% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 82.6/100, a mean average of 83.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 83.6/100. The standard deviation for this track is 9.8.
The Sporting Life comments
Be the first to add a comment for this track - add your comment!
Your feedback for The Sporting Life
A lot of hard work happens in the background to keep BEA running, and it's especially difficult to do this when we can't pay our hosting fees :(
We work very hard to ensure our site is as fast (and FREE!) as possible, and we respect your privacy.
