Octopus (track)
by Syd Barrett
Year: 1970
From the album The Madcap Laughs (track #7)
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Octopus appears on the following album(s) by Syd Barrett:
- The Madcap Laughs (track #7) (this album) (1970)
- The Best Of Syd Barrett: Wouldn't You Miss Me? (track #1) (compilation) (2001)
- The Madcap Laughs / Barrett (track #7) (compilation) (1974)
- Crazy Diamond (track #7) (compilation) (1993)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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70/100  | 09/15/2025 00:54 | culwin | | 75/100 |
85/100 | 09/24/2024 19:33 |  AAL2014 | | 76/100 |
85/100 | 06/09/2024 11:16 |  DommeDamian | | 51/100 |
75/100 | 01/31/2024 11:08 | Pluto11 | | 76/100 |
85/100 | 10/25/2023 06:53 | AndyLish79 | | 84/100 |
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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 is rated in the top 2% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 84.1/100, a mean average of 85.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 85.1/100. The standard deviation for this track is 9.6.
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